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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +12.3% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IEFA or URTH?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEFA and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IEFA vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEFA returned +12.3% to URTH's +13.1%; 24% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $190.4bn for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF and $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+12.3%

IEFA total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEFA costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; IEFA is far larger, $190.4bn against $8.9bn.

IEFA vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEFA	URTH
Return
Measure	IEFA	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+12.3%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IEFA	URTH
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IEFA	URTH
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE IMI Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	IEFA	URTH
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.24%
Net assets	$190.4bn	$8.9bn
Holdings
Measure	IEFA	URTH
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.3%	27.2%

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

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, IEFA and URTH hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IEFA URTH

ASML HOLDING 2.55% 0.70%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.36% 0.37%

SHELL 1.21% 0.33%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.18% 0.32%

NOVARTIS AG 1.14% 0.31%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.04% 0.28%

NESTLE SA 1.04% 0.28%

SAP 0.97% 0.26%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.92% 0.25%

SIEMENS N AG 0.86% 0.24%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.83% 0.23%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.77% 0.21%

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BAYCURRENT INC 0.04%

BLUESCOPE STEEL 0.04%

IMI PLC 0.04%

WEIR PLC 0.04%

ACCELLERON N AG 0.03%

ACKERMANS & VAN HAAREN NV 0.03%

AEDIFICA NV 0.03%

AL SYDBANK 0.03%

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

IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI EAFE Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +12.3% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −2.0 pts vs ACWX −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%

Holdings 2629 1254

Net assets $190.4bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

IEFA

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,629 positions, with the top ten at 12.3%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, IEFA or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +12.3% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IEFA or URTH?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IEFA and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEFA and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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