Which returned more over the last year, DVY or URTH?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DVY and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to URTH's +13.1%; 6% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; DVY is 2.7 times larger.

DVY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	URTH
Return
Measure	DVY	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	URTH
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	URTH
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	URTH
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	27.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and URTH hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY URTH

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.13% 0.82%

CHEVRON 1.59% 0.46%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 0.39%

MERCK & CO INC 1.10% 0.38%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.22% 0.35%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.88% 0.26%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.79% 0.22%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65% 0.20%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.57% 0.19%

NEXTERA ENERGY 0.81% 0.19%

PFIZER 2.42% 0.19%

AT&T 0.96% 0.16%

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Only in DVY

HF SINCLAIR 1.36%

INVESCO LTD 1.12%

PINNACLE WEST 1.04%

UNUM 1.03%

FIRST HORIZON 0.91%

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 0.85%

OGE ENERGY 0.83%

UGI 0.75%

Only in URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 69.1%

Holdings 101 1254

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $8.9bn

DVY and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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