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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VGK +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VGK?

VGK is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VGK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VGK's +10.4%; 14% 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 $29.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+10.4%

VGK total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.06%

VGK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGK costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; VGK is 3.6 times larger.

URTH vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VGK
Return
Measure	URTH	VGK
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	VGK
Below its high		6.1%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VGK
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VGK
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$29.6bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VGK
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	19.0%

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

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VGK hold 14% 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 VGK

ASML HOLDING 0.70% 4.47%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.37% 1.89%

SHELL 0.33% 1.64%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.32% 2.19%

NOVARTIS AG 0.31% 1.72%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.28% 1.56%

NESTLE SA 0.28% 1.51%

SAP 0.26% 1.32%

SIEMENS N AG 0.24% 1.45%

ALLIANZ 0.20% 1.16%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.20% 1.29%

TOTALENERGIES 0.20% 1.11%

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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 VGK

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.78%

Air Liquide SA 0.48%

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen 0.46%

Investor AB 0.45%

SLBBH1142 0.44%

L'Oreal SA 0.35%

Atlas Copco AB 0.34%

Volvo AB 0.32%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of European Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +10.4%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 0.0%

Holdings 1254 1245

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGK as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $29.6bn

URTH and VGK 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%.

VGK

VGK tracks an index of European Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,245 positions, with the top ten at 19.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VGK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VGK +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VGK?: VGK is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VGK 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 ↗

VGK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGK ↗

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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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