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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IUSB returned −1.2% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IUSB or URTH?

IUSB 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IUSB vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IUSB returned −1.2% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $49.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

−1.2%

IUSB total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.06%

IUSB expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IUSB costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; IUSB is 5.7 times larger.

IUSB vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IUSB	URTH
Return
Measure	IUSB	URTH
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	IUSB	URTH
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	IUSB	URTH
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$49.8bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IUSB	URTH
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		27.2%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IUSB URTH

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Only in IUSB

BLK Liquidity Temp Cash Inst #21 4.75%

TREASURY NOTE 0.49%

TREASURY NOTE 0.42%

TREASURY NOTE 0.41%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

TREASURY NOTE 0.37%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.36%

UMBS 15YR TBA(REG B) 0.35%

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

IUSB iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Universal USD Bond Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year −1.2% +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 0.06% 0.24%

Holdings 18338 1254

Net assets, IUSB as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $49.8bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

IUSB

IUSB tracks an index of Universal USD Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year.

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, IUSB or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IUSB returned −1.2% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IUSB or URTH?: IUSB 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.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

IUSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IUSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IUSB ↗

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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