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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or URTH?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJR vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to URTH's +13.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $104.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; IJR is 11.9 times larger.

IJR vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	URTH
Return
Measure	IJR	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	URTH
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	URTH
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	URTH
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$104.6bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	URTH
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJR and URTH hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR URTH

AAR 0.23% 0.14%

MOELIS CLASS A 0.24% 0.12%

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS 0.08% 0.12%

CORE NATURAL RESOURCES 0.26% 0.07%

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC 0.25% 0.04%

FB FINANCIAL 0.15% 0.02%

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES 0.11% 0.02%

TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC 0.12% 0.02%

CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT IN 0.27% 0.01%

SIGNET JEWELERS 0.26% 0.01%

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Only in IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

SM ENERGY 0.53%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

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

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%

Holdings 642 1254

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $104.6bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

IJR

IJR tracks the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 642 positions, with the top ten at 5.3%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 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, IJR or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or URTH?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

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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