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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VDE?

VDE 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

URTH vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VDE's +58.8%; 3% 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 $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDE costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 45.7 points; VDE is 1.3 times larger.

URTH vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VDE
Return
Measure	URTH	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+58.8%
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VDE
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VDE
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VDE
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	67.1%

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 VDE hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VDE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82% 22.88%

CHEVRON 0.46% 14.42%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.20% 5.87%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.14% 4.46%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.13% 4.45%

PHILLIPS 66 0.12% 3.94%

WILLIAMS 0.10% 3.16%

EOG RESOURCES 0.09% 2.85%

SLB 0.09% 2.83%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.07% 0.20%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.07% 2.15%

KINDER MORGAN 0.07% 2.23%

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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 VDE

HF Sinclair Corp 0.69%

Ovintiv Inc 0.66%

Permian Resources Corp 0.60%

DT Midstream Inc 0.49%

Antero Resources Corp 0.40%

Range Resources Corp 0.36%

MKTLIQ 0.34%

SM Energy Co 0.33%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark −0.3 pts vs ACWI −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 81.2%

Holdings 1254 113

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $10.4bn

URTH and VDE 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%.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VDE?: VDE 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 81% of VDE 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 ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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