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QUAL vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QUAL and URTH finished level, +13.1% against +13.1%, and they share 35% of their weight.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $48.2bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF and $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

QUAL on its own →URTH on its own →
At a glance
+13.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.24%
URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QUAL costs 0.09 points a year less; both returned +13.1% over a year; QUAL is 5.4 times larger.

QUAL vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureQUALURTH
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+13.1%
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality IndexMSCI World Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.24%
Net assets$48.2bn$8.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.5%27.2%

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

What they share

35%

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and URTH hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QUAL URTH
APPLE 7.38% 5.60%
NVIDIA 6.28% 5.50%
MICROSOFT 8.09% 4.12%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.82% 2.07%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.06% 1.49%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.43% 1.62%
ELI LILLY 4.04% 1.13%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.94% 0.84%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.50% 0.82%
VISA CLASS A 3.44% 0.73%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.14% 0.71%
WALMART 1.04% 0.57%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QUAL
Only in URTH
AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%
BROADCOM INC 1.70%
TESLA INC 1.28%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.15%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.00%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.98%
ASML HOLDING 0.70%
ABBVIE 0.56%
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Side by side

QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor Tracks the MSCI World
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +13.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +13.4% (ACWI)
Gap to its benchmark −0.5 pts vs MLRG −0.3 pts vs ACWI
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 97.2% 69.1%
Holdings 119 1254
Net assets $48.2bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund
QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 44.5%.

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, QUAL or URTH?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +13.1% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or URTH?
QUAL is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUAL and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUAL and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
QUAL on its own →URTH on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →QUAL dividend history →QUAL holdings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for QUAL ↗
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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