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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or USO?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

URTH vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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URTH is an equity index fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +13.1%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF and $1.9bn for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 120.2 points; URTH is 4.7 times larger.

URTH vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	USO
Return
Measure	URTH	USO
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	USO
Below its high		82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	USO
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	USO
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.86%
Net assets	$8.9bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	USO
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	69%
Holdings dated	Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%

Method

Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares USCF

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +133.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.3 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.86%

Holdings 1254 not counted

Net assets $8.9bn $1.9bn

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

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About each fund

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%.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or USO?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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