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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or URTH?

IWF is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IWF vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to URTH's +13.1%; 43% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $124.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWF costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.2 points; IWF is 14.2 times larger.

IWF vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	URTH
Return
Measure	IWF	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	URTH
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	URTH
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	URTH
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$124.7bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	URTH
Holdings in common	43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	27.2%

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

What they share

43%

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and URTH hold 43% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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43% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWF URTH

APPLE 8.18% 5.60%

NVIDIA 15.30% 5.50%

MICROSOFT 5.94% 4.12%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62% 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 4.79% 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53% 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36% 1.49%

TESLA INC 3.58% 1.28%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.15% 1.15%

ELI LILLY 3.08% 1.13%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.74% 1.00%

VISA CLASS A 2.05% 0.73%

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Only in IWF

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.13%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.12%

GUARDANT HEALTH 0.06%

ROKU CLASS A 0.06%

WOODWARD 0.05%

COUPANG CLASS A 0.05%

MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS 0.05%

MEDPACE HOLDINGS 0.05%

Only in URTH

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.98%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.84%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.71%

ASML HOLDING 0.70%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.48%

CHEVRON 0.46%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.45%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 69.1%

Holdings 374 1254

Net assets, IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $124.7bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 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, IWF or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or URTH?: IWF is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWF and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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