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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWC returned +16.5% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IWC or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWC and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IWC vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWC returned +16.5% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Micro-Cap ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

IWC total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.60%

IWC expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; URTH is 7.3 times larger.

IWC vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWC	URTH
Return
Measure	IWC	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IWC	URTH
Below its high	9.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWC	URTH
What it tracks	Russell Microcap Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWC	URTH
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.2bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IWC	URTH
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.9%	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWC 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 IWC URTH

ABACUS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC CLASS 0.06% 0.07%

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS 0.09% 0.04%

COMMERCIAL BANCGROUP INC 0.07% 0.03%

INFORMATION SERVICES GROUP INC 0.05% 0.03%

MISTRAS GROUP INC 0.09% 0.02%

NN INC 0.05% 0.02%

TELOS CORPORATION CORP 0.07% 0.02%

CLARUS CORP 0.03% 0.01%

GLADSTONE LAND REIT 0.09% 0.01%

IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC 0.08% 0.01%

ORION GROUP INC 0.09% 0.01%

RARE EARTHS AMERICAS 0.01% 0.01%

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CAREDX 0.88%

PENGUIN SOLUTIONS INC 0.73%

NURIX THERAPEUTICS 0.63%

SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP INC 0.60%

VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS ORS 0.59%

OUSTER 0.53%

INTERFACE 0.52%

STRIVE INC CLASS A 0.50%

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

IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell Microcap Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark +3.2 pts vs IWV −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 91.7% 69.1%

Holdings 1365 1254

Net assets, IWC as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $1.2bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

IWC

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

IWC tracks the Russell Microcap. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,365 positions, with the top ten at 5.9%. It sat 9.5% 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, IWC or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWC returned +16.5% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IWC or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWC and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWC and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IWC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWC ↗

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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