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SPGM vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPGM and URTH hold 70% of their weight in the same names, and SPGM returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF, and $8.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

SPGM costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; URTH is 4.6 times larger.

SPGMURTH
Expense ratio0.09%0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.8bn$8.2bn
Total return, 1 year+18.2%+16.2%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQMSCI World Index
Holdings in common70%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.7%28.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.2%
SPGM total return, 1 year
+16.2%
URTH total return, 1 year
0.09%
SPGM expense ratio
0.24%
URTH expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPGM and URTH hold 70% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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70% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SPGM URTH
NVIDIA CORP 4.65% 5.75%
APPLE INC 4.29% 5.39%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.19% 4.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.02% 2.77%
ALPHABET INC CL A 1.75% 2.25%
ALPHABET INC CL C 1.46% 1.77%
BROADCOM INC 1.38% 1.78%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 1.36% 1.72%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 0.99% 1.27%
TESLA INC 0.91% 1.19%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 0.88% 0.96%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 0.84% 1.08%
Only in SPGM
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.64%
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 0.80%
SK HYNIX INC 0.63%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.35%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.24%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.17%
MEDIATEK INC 0.15%
HON HAI PRECISION GDR REG S 0.15%
Only in URTH
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.25%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.16%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.13%
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.09%
HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS 0.08%
INVESTOR CLASS B 0.08%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 0.08%
MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.08%

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On the same fields

SPGM
State Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI World
Total return, 1 year +18.2% +16.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.9 pts −1.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 58.2% 70.0%
Holdings 2895 1255
Net assets, SPGM as of Oct 8, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.8bn $8.3bn

SPGM and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

SPGM in plain words

SPGM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 58% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,895 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%.

URTH in plain words

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,255 positions, with the top ten at 28.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPGM or URTH?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPGM returned +18.2% and URTH +16.2%.
Which is cheaper, SPGM or URTH?
SPGM 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.
How much do SPGM and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 58% of SPGM and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
SPGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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