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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.7% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, SGOV or URTH?

SGOV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SGOV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SGOV returned +3.7% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $117.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+3.7%

SGOV total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.09%

SGOV expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SGOV costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; SGOV is 13.3 times larger.

SGOV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SGOV	URTH
Return
Measure	SGOV	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+3.7%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	SGOV	URTH
What it tracks	ICE 0-3 Month US Treasury Securities Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	SGOV	URTH
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$117.0bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SGOV	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, SGOV 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 SGOV URTH

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Only in SGOV

TREASURY BILL 8.53%

TREASURY BILL 8.19%

TREASURY BILL 7.63%

TREASURY BILL 6.87%

TREASURY BILL 6.80%

TREASURY BILL 6.00%

TREASURY BILL 5.22%

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

SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +3.7% +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 0.09% 0.24%

Holdings 22 1254

Net assets, SGOV as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $117.0bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

SGOV

SGOV tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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, SGOV or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.7% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, SGOV or URTH?: SGOV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

SGOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SGOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SGOV ↗

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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