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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VBR +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VBR?

VBR is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 30% of VBR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VBR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VBR's +17.6%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF, and $35.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+17.6%

VBR total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.05%

VBR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VBR costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; VBR is 4.3 times larger.

URTH vs VBR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VBR
Return
Measure	URTH	VBR
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	VBR
Below its high		3.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VBR
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Morningstar US Small Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VBR
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$35.1bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VBR
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	5.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VBR hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VBR

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.12% 0.20%

AIRBUS GROUP 0.14% 0.09%

CSL 0.07% 0.29%

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 0.06% 0.20%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.06% 0.08%

TESCO PLC 0.05% 0.37%

ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI 0.04% 0.12%

CENTENE CORP 0.04% 0.35%

EQT 0.04% 0.35%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 0.04% 0.34%

UCB SA 0.04% 0.09%

ATMOS ENERGY 0.03% 0.60%

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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%

Only in VBR

Moderna Inc 0.79%

SLCMT1142 0.62%

Tenet Healthcare Corp 0.47%

Viatris Inc 0.46%

US Foods Holding Corp 0.45%

TD SYNNEX Corp 0.42%

Zebra Technologies Corp 0.40%

WESCO International Inc 0.40%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VBR Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of Small-Cap Value

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +17.6%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 30.4%

Holdings 1254 822

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VBR as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $35.1bn

URTH and VBR 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%.

VBR

VBR tracks an index of Small-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 30% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 822 positions, with the top ten at 5.9%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VBR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VBR +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VBR?: VBR is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VBR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 30% of VBR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

VBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VBR ↗

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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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