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URTH vs VTWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VTWO's +14.3%; 1% 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 $16.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF.

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At a glance
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
+14.3%
VTWO total return, 1 year
0.24%
URTH expense ratio
0.06%
VTWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTWO costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; VTWO is 2.0 times larger.

URTH vs VTWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureURTHVTWO
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+14.3%
Drawdown
Below its high7.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI World IndexRussell 2000 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.24%0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$8.2bn$16.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.2%5.4%

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

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VTWO hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VTWO
AIRBUS GROUP 0.14% 0.13%
LVMH 0.12% 0.14%
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.07% 0.14%
COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.06% 0.21%
LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.14% 0.05%
SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.12% 0.04%
UCB SA 0.04% 0.13%
CAMECO 0.04% 0.03%
ORANGE SA 0.03% 0.19%
CREDIT AGRICOLE SA 0.02% 0.24%
ENDESA SA 0.02% 0.02%
FINECOBANK BANCA FINECO 0.02% 0.09%
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 VTWO
SLBBH1142 2.36%
Twist Bioscience Corp 0.42%
Moog Inc 0.36%
10X Genomics Inc 0.35%
JFrog Ltd 0.35%
UMB Financial Corp 0.32%
BrightSpring Health Services Inc 0.31%
Glaukos Corp 0.31%
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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks the Russell 2000
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +14.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +14.1% (IWM)
Gap to its benchmark −0.3 pts vs ACWI +0.2 pts vs IWM
Expense ratio 0.24% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 0.5%
Holdings 1254 2002
Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $16.6bn

URTH and VTWO 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%.

VTWO

VTWO tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 2,002 positions, with the top ten at 5.4%. It sat 7.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VTWO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VTWO +14.3%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VTWO?
VTWO is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
URTH on its own →VTWO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →VTWO dividend history →VTWO holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗
VTWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VTWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VTWO ↗

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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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