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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VDC?

VDC 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 URTH and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VDC's +12.7%; 4% 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 $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDC costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; URTH is 1.1 times larger.

URTH vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VDC
Return
Measure	URTH	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VDC
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VDC
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VDC
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	66.0%

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 VDC hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VDC

WALMART 0.57% 13.86%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.48% 12.12%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.40% 9.90%

COCA-COLA 0.39% 9.80%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.35% 4.83%

PEPSICO 0.20% 4.28%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.13% 3.86%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.12% 0.16%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.09% 2.58%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.08% 2.28%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.07% 0.90%

MONSTER BEVERAGE 0.07% 2.08%

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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 VDC

US Foods Holding Corp 0.80%

Performance Food Group Co 0.61%

J M Smucker Co 0.56%

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.54%

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc 0.47%

Darling Ingredients Inc 0.46%

Clorox Co 0.44%

elf Beauty Inc 0.34%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +12.7% (FSTA)

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

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 86.4%

Holdings 1254 105

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $7.4bn

URTH and VDC 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%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VDC?: VDC 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 URTH and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 86% of VDC 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 ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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