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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VPL?

VPL is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VPL's +24.8%; 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points; VPL is 1.1 times larger.

URTH vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VPL
Return
Measure	URTH	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	VPL
Below its high		7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VPL
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VPL
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VPL
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	24.8%

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 VPL 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 VPL

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.25% 1.98%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.23% 1.69%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.21% 1.37%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.20% 1.51%

ADVANTEST 0.18% 1.25%

HITACHI 0.17% 1.20%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 0.17% 1.12%

SONY GROUP 0.17% 1.10%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.16% 1.25%

TOKYO ELECTRON 0.15% 1.30%

DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.13% 0.96%

MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP 0.12% 1.02%

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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 VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PREF 0.90%

SK Square Co Ltd 0.58%

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.48%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 0.46%

KB Financial Group Inc 0.33%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +24.8%

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% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 0.0%

Holdings 1254 2343

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $9.0bn

URTH and VPL 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%.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VPL?: VPL is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VPL 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 ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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