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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VTV +23.5%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VTV?

VTV is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VTV's +23.5%; 31% 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 $184.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+23.5%

VTV total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.03%

VTV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTV costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points; VTV is far larger, $184.2bn against $8.2bn.

URTH vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VTV
Return
Measure	URTH	VTV
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+23.5%
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VTV
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VTV
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$184.2bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VTV
Holdings in common	31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	23.6%

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

What they share

31%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VTV hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VTV

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.15% 4.56%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.98% 3.33%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.84% 2.92%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82% 2.56%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.71% 2.42%

WALMART 0.57% 1.72%

ABBVIE 0.56% 1.75%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.48% 1.45%

CHEVRON 0.46% 1.45%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 0.41% 1.25%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.40% 1.28%

COCA-COLA 0.39% 1.26%

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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 VTV

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.55%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.28%

MKTLIQ 0.17%

Moderna Inc 0.13%

Ingersoll Rand Inc 0.11%

Southwest Airlines Co 0.04%

SLBBH1142 0.00%

Lennar Corp 0.00%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VTV Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of US value

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +23.5%

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 98.1%

Holdings 1254 300

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $184.2bn

URTH and VTV 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%.

VTV

VTV tracks an index of US value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 300 positions, with the top ten at 23.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VTV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VTV +23.5%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VTV?: VTV is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

URTH on its own →VTV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →VTV dividend history →VTV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

VTV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTV ↗

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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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