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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYG or URTH?

HYG charges 0.49% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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HYG vs URTH: how they differ

HYG and URTH hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and URTH returned more over the year.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYG and URTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in HYG	Only in URTH
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.68%	NVIDIA 5.52%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%	APPLE 5.28%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.47%	MICROSOFT 3.82%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.35%	AMAZON.COM INC 2.67%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.29%	ALPHABET CLASS A 2.14%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.28%	BROADCOM INC 1.79%
PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A 0.28%	ALPHABET CLASS C 1.70%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.28%	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.

HYG and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	US high yield bonds	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	+2.9%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.6 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.24%
Holdings	1326	1230

HYG in plain words

HYG is a bond fund tracking the US high yield bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

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, HYG or URTH?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYG or URTH?: HYG charges 0.49% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYG against URTH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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