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URTH vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VLUE's +54.7%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF and $9.4bn for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

URTH on its own →VLUE on its own →
At a glance
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
+54.7%
VLUE total return, 1 year
0.24%
URTH expense ratio
0.15%
VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 41.6 points; VLUE is 1.1 times larger.

URTH vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureURTHVLUE
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+54.7%
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI World IndexMSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.24%0.15%
Net assets$8.9bn$9.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.2%42.8%

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

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VLUE hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VLUE
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.15% 20.94%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.48% 4.37%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.37% 0.39%
BANK OF AMERICA 0.36% 1.77%
WELLS FARGO 0.28% 1.17%
CITIGROUP 0.23% 1.47%
QUALCOMM 0.21% 1.73%
SALESFORCE 0.21% 1.27%
WALT DISNEY 0.21% 1.71%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.20% 2.72%
PFIZER 0.19% 1.86%
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 0.17% 1.72%
Only in one fund ↓
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 VLUE
RUSSELL 2000 EMINI CME DEC 26 0.00%
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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +54.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +13.6% (MLRG)
Gap to its benchmark −0.3 pts vs ACWI +41.1 pts vs MLRG
Expense ratio 0.24% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 96.6%
Holdings 1254 148
Net assets $8.9bn $9.4bn

URTH and VLUE 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%.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VLUE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VLUE?
VLUE is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
URTH on its own →VLUE on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →VLUE dividend history →VLUE holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗
VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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