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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDY returned +12.8% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, MDY or URTH?

MDY is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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MDY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MDY returned +12.8% to URTH's +13.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $25.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+12.8%

MDY total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.23%

MDY expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

MDY costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; MDY is 2.9 times larger.

MDY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MDY	URTH
Return
Measure	MDY	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+12.8%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	MDY	URTH
Below its high	6.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MDY	URTH
What it tracks	S&P MidCap 400 Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	MDY	URTH
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$25.9bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	MDY	URTH
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.5%	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, MDY 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 MDY URTH

Autoliv Inc. 0.22% 0.20%

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. 0.28% 0.12%

Carlisle Companies Incorporated 0.40% 0.07%

American Airlines Group Inc. 0.24% 0.06%

Genpact Limited 0.18% 0.04%

Okta Inc. Class A 1.09% 0.04%

Entegris Inc. 0.66% 0.03%

Nextpower Inc. 0.35% 0.03%

Ormat Technologies Inc. 0.16% 0.03%

TechnipFMC plc 0.81% 0.03%

United Therapeutics Corporation 0.73% 0.03%

ATI Inc 0.66% 0.02%

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Only in MDY

U.S. Dollar 0.96%

US Foods Holding Corp. 0.64%

Permian Resources Corporation Class A 0.62%

Tenet Healthcare Corporation 0.61%

Roku Inc. Class A 0.60%

TD SYNNEX Corporation 0.59%

Royal Gold Inc. 0.59%

Nutanix Inc. Class A 0.57%

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

MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P MidCap 400 Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +12.8% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.2% (IJH) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.4 pts vs IJH −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%

Holdings 401 1254

Net assets, MDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $25.9bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

MDY

MDY tracks the S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% 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 401 positions, with the top ten at 7.5%. It sat 6.5% 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, MDY or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDY returned +12.8% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, MDY or URTH?: MDY is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MDY and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MDY and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

MDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

State Street website ↗

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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