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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VOE +22.8%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VOE?

VOE 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 VOE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 96% of VOE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VOE's +22.8%; 8% 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 $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+22.8%

VOE total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.05%

VOE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOE costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points; VOE is 2.8 times larger.

URTH vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VOE
Return
Measure	URTH	VOE
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+22.8%
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VOE
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VOE
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VOE
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	14.0%

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 VOE hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VOE

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.37% 0.59%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.14% 1.89%

NEWMONT 0.13% 1.03%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.13% 1.90%

PHILLIPS 66 0.12% 1.73%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.11% 0.43%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.10% 0.77%

WILLIAMS 0.10% 0.71%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.09% 1.37%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 0.09% 0.65%

SLB 0.09% 1.23%

TRAVELERS COMPANIES 0.09% 0.63%

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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 VOE

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 1.25%

Moderna Inc 0.59%

MKTLIQ 0.33%

Ingersoll Rand Inc 0.25%

Southwest Airlines Co 0.17%

Lennar Corp 0.03%

SLCMT1142 0.00%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VOE Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +22.8%

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% 96.0%

Holdings 1254 169

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $22.8bn

URTH and VOE 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%.

VOE

VOE tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 169 positions, with the top ten at 14.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VOE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VOE +22.8%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VOE?: VOE 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 VOE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 96% of VOE 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 ↗

VOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOE ↗

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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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