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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +15.3% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IEMG or URTH?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IEMG vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEMG returned +15.3% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $150.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEMG costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points; IEMG is 17.1 times larger.

IEMG vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEMG	URTH
Return
Measure	IEMG	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IEMG	URTH
Below its high	10.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IEMG	URTH
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	IEMG	URTH
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$150.4bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IEMG	URTH
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.7%	27.2%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

IEMG URTH

Return

Total return edge URTH +120.7% +380.8%

Annualized edge URTH +5.8% +11.9%

Price return edge URTH +56.0% +270.5%

Risk

Volatility edge URTH 18.2% 15.8%

Max drawdown edge URTH −37.1% −32.7%

Downside capture 97.1% 96.5%

Beta 0.96 0.98

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge URTH 0.30 0.67

Sortino edge URTH 0.42 0.96

Treynor 0.057 0.109

Calmar edge URTH 0.16 0.36

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.7% a year +0.9% a year

Alpha t-stat 2.17 0.79

Information ratio 0.38 0.16

Tracking error 1.4% 4.5%

Each against its own benchmark: IEMG against EEM, Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026; URTH against ACWI, Jan 20, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

URTH returned more: +380.8% to +120.7%. URTH swung less: 15.8% to 18.2%. URTH fell less at its worst: −32.7% to −37.1%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: IEMG vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEMG	URTH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+120.7%	+380.8%	URTH	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+11.9%	URTH	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+56.0%	+270.5%	URTH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.2%	15.8%	URTH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.0%	11.1%	URTH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−37.1%	−32.7%	URTH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	94.6%	96.3%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	97.1%	96.5%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.96	0.98	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	1.00	0.92	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.30	0.67	URTH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.42	0.96	URTH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.057	0.109		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.16	0.36	URTH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	EEM	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.7% a year	+0.9% a year	URTH not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	2.17	0.79	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	+0.1% to +1.4%	−1.4% to +3.2%	URTH includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.38	0.16		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	1.4%	4.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IEMG and URTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IEMG URTH

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.07% 0.03%

VODACOM GROUP LTD 0.05% 0.03%

BUDIMEX SA 0.02% 0.06%

CLICKS GROUP 0.02% 0.04%

DISCOVERY 0.07% 0.02%

WOOLWORTHS HOLDING LTD 0.02% 0.04%

AYALA CORP 0.02% 0.01%

CCL PRODUCTS INDIA LTD 0.01% 0.04%

ENGIE ENERGIA CHILE SA 0.01% 0.08%

ORION CORP 0.01% 0.01%

PLDT INC 0.01% 0.07%

SASOL 0.08% 0.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.03%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.05%

SK HYNIX 4.31%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.32%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.60%

MEDIATEK 1.36%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.80%

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

IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −1.0 pts vs EEM −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%

Holdings 2857 1254

Net assets, IEMG as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $150.4bn $8.9bn

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

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IEMG and URTH do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IEMG follows MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI) and URTH follows MSCI World Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IEMG returned +15.3% and URTH +13.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.2 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IEMG

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 2,857 positions, with the top ten at 32.7%. It sat 10.1% below its high of Jun 22, 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, IEMG or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +15.3% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IEMG or URTH?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IEMG and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEMG and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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

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