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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEGE returned +18.5% and URTH +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, FEGE or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 45% of FEGE and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FEGE vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

FEGE and URTH hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and FEGE returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Global Equity ETF, and $8.7bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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URTH costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; URTH is far larger, $4.4bn against $89m.

FEGE vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FEGE	URTH
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$89m	$4.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.5%	+14.9%
What it tracks	not published	MSCI World Index
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.3%	27.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+18.5%

FEGE total return, 1 year

+14.9%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.50%

FEGE expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEGE and URTH hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FEGE URTH

Alphabet Inc 3.05% 1.75%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.97% 1.71%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.82% 0.83%

Exxon Mobil Corp 1.02% 0.81%

Merck KGaA 1.70% 0.39%

Philip Morris International In 1.33% 0.34%

Shell PLC 1.24% 0.33%

Nestle SA 1.46% 0.28%

Texas Instruments Inc 0.92% 0.28%

Oracle Corp 2.20% 0.25%

Microsoft Corp 0.24% 4.14%

Salesforce Inc 1.40% 0.21%

Only in FEGE

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.07%

Noble Corp PLC 1.41%

TSMC 1.40%

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 1.38%

SMC Corp 1.32%

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc 1.05%

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 1.01%

Investor AB 0.97%

Only in URTH

APPLE 5.55%

NVIDIA 5.49%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.80%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.23%

BROADCOM INC 1.66%

TESLA INC 1.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.13%

ELI LILLY 1.09%

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On the same fields

FEGE

First Eagle Global Equity ETF

URTH

iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Eagle iShares

What it is Equity fund Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +18.5% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (URTH) +15.1% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark +3.6 pts vs URTH −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 44.7% 70.0%

Holdings 94 1254

Net assets, FEGE as of May 31, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 20, 2026 $1.9bn $8.7bn

FEGE and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FEGE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI WORLD INDEX Net. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 94 positions, with the top ten at 23.3%.

About URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.1% 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 19, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEGE or URTH?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEGE returned +18.5% and URTH +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, FEGE or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEGE and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 45% of FEGE and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FEGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Eagle website ↗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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