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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +13.7% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, SPYM or URTH?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPYM vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYM returned +13.7% to URTH's +13.1%; 71% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $185.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; SPYM is far larger, $185.0bn against $8.8bn.

SPYM vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYM	URTH
Return
Measure	SPYM	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	SPYM	URTH
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPYM	URTH
Expense ratio	0.02%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$185.0bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SPYM	URTH
Holdings in common	71%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%	27.2%

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

What they share

71%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYM and URTH hold 71% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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71% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYM URTH

APPLE INC 7.61% 5.60%

NVIDIA CORP 7.92% 5.50%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.92% 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73% 2.69%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83% 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 2.44% 1.70%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26% 1.62%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05% 1.49%

TESLA INC 1.72% 1.28%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.57% 1.15%

ELI LILLY + CO 1.54% 1.13%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.37% 1.00%

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Only in SPYM

MODERNA INC 0.12%

INGERSOLL RAND INC 0.04%

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO 0.03%

VIATRIS INC 0.03%

REVVITY INC 0.03%

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP CL A 0.03%

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC 0.03%

HOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC 0.03%

Only in URTH

ASML HOLDING 0.70%

SHELL 0.33%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.32%

NOVARTIS AG 0.31%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.28%

NESTLE SA 0.28%

SAP 0.26%

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Side by side

SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IVV −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.02% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 69.1%

Holdings 506 1254

Net assets, SPYM as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $185.0bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

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, SPYM or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +13.7% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, SPYM or URTH?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYM and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYM 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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