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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or URTH?

HDV is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HDV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to URTH's +13.1%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $15.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core High Dividend ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.3 points; HDV is 1.8 times larger.

HDV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	URTH
Return
Measure	HDV	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	HDV	URTH
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	URTH
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$15.9bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	HDV	URTH
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and URTH hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV URTH

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48% 0.82%

ABBVIE 6.77% 0.56%

CHEVRON 7.22% 0.46%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46% 0.40%

COCA-COLA 4.26% 0.39%

HOME DEPOT 4.57% 0.35%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04% 0.35%

AMGEN INC 2.78% 0.26%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.06% 0.20%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.21% 0.20%

PEPSICO 3.89% 0.20%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.12% 0.20%

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Only in HDV

VIPER ENERGY INC CLASS A 0.27%

HASBRO 0.22%

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.21%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.18%

OGE ENERGY 0.18%

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES 0.14%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.13%

DOMINOS PIZZA 0.11%

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

HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +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 0.08% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 89.5% 69.1%

Holdings 77 1254

Net assets, HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $15.9bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

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, HDV or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or URTH?: HDV is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HDV and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

HDV on its own →URTH on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →HDV dividend history →HDV holdings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

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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