Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
DIA vs URTH: how they differ
DIA and URTH hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and URTH returned more over the year.
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust and iShares MSCI World ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DIA and URTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in DIA | Only in URTH |
|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 11.61% | NVIDIA 5.52% |
| CATERPILLAR INC 9.17% | APPLE 5.28% |
| MICROSOFT CORP 5.61% | MICROSOFT 3.82% |
| UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.42% | AMAZON.COM INC 2.67% |
| AMGEN INC 4.36% | ALPHABET CLASS A 2.14% |
| TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.19% | BROADCOM INC 1.79% |
| VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 4.18% | ALPHABET CLASS C 1.70% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 4.03% | META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.56% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.
| DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | URTH iShares MSCI World ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | State Street | iShares |
| What it is | Dow Jones Industrial Average | MSCI World |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.6% | +17.4% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −1.9 pts | −0.1 pts |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.24% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 97.1% | 70.3% |
| Holdings | 31 | 1230 |
DIA in plain words
DIA is an index equity fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 55.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 5, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
URTH in plain words
URTH is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI World. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1230 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DIA or URTH?
- In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIA returned +15.6% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- How much do DIA and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DIA and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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