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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, SPSB or URTH?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPSB vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPSB returned +2.2% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $11.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; SPSB is 1.3 times larger.

SPSB vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPSB	URTH
Return
Measure	SPSB	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+2.2%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	SPSB	URTH
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPSB	URTH
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.3bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SPSB	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, SPSB 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 SPSB URTH

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SPSB

SALESFORCE INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4.65 0.66%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA COMPANY GUAR 10/28 3 0.47%

PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER COMPANY GUAR 05/28 4.45 0.45%

AMAZON.COM INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4 0.45%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP SR UNSECURED 12/28 VAR 0.45%

NVIDIA CORP SR UNSECURED 06/29 4.35 0.43%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC SR UNSECURED 05/29 VAR 0.38%

ORACLE CORP SR UNSECURED 02/29 4.55 0.37%

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

SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +2.2% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark +3.6 pts vs AGG −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.24%

Holdings 1684 1254

Net assets, SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $11.3bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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, SPSB or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPSB returned +2.2% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, SPSB or URTH?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB 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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