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URTH vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VOOG's +12.1%; 48% 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 $27.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
+12.1%
VOOG total return, 1 year
0.24%
URTH expense ratio
0.05%
VOOG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOOG costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; VOOG is 3.4 times larger.

URTH vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureURTHVOOG
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+12.1%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI World IndexS&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.24%0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$8.2bn$27.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.2%60.2%

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

What they share

48%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VOOG hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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48% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VOOG
APPLE 5.60% 6.60%
NVIDIA 5.50% 15.01%
MICROSOFT 4.12% 10.34%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.69% 3.52%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07% 5.48%
BROADCOM INC 1.70% 4.54%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62% 4.39%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49% 4.34%
TESLA INC 1.28% 1.68%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.15% 3.27%
ELI LILLY 1.13% 2.51%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.00% 2.71%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in URTH
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82%
ASML HOLDING 0.70%
WALMART 0.57%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.48%
CHEVRON 0.46%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.45%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 0.41%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.40%
Only in VOOG
MKTLIQ 0.04%
Ralph Lauren Corp 0.04%
TKO Group Holdings Inc 0.03%
Insulet Corp 0.03%
Allegion plc 0.02%
Wynn Resorts Ltd 0.02%
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd 0.01%
ABIOMED INC-CVR 0.00%
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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks the S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +12.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +12.1% (IVW)
Gap to its benchmark −0.3 pts vs ACWI 0.0 pts vs IVW
Expense ratio 0.24% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 99.8%
Holdings 1254 154
Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOOG as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $27.8bn

URTH and VOOG 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%.

VOOG

VOOG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 154 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VOOG?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VOOG +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VOOG?
VOOG 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 VOOG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 100% of VOOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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URTH on its own →VOOG on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →VOOG dividend history →VOOG holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗
VOOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VOOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VOOG ↗

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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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