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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VWO +4.8%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VWO?

VWO 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 VWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VWO's +4.8%; 0% 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 $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+4.8%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VWO costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points; VWO is 15.3 times larger.

URTH vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VWO
Return
Measure	URTH	VWO
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+4.8%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	VWO
Below its high		7.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VWO
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VWO
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$125.4bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VWO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	29.8%

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 VWO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VWO

TC ENERGY 0.07% 0.06%

KIMBERLY CLARK 0.04% 0.20%

VODAFONE GROUP PLC 0.03% 0.03%

CELESTICA 0.04% 0.02%

DASSAULT SYSTEMES 0.02% 0.07%

AT&T 0.16% 0.02%

COMMERZBANK AG 0.03% 0.02%

TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.07% 0.01%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.07% 0.01%

PEPSICO 0.20% 0.01%

ACCOR SA 0.01% 0.02%

WASHINGTON H SOUL PATTINSON & COMP 0.01% 0.07%

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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 VWO

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.76%

SLCMT1142 2.96%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.82%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.11%

MediaTek Inc 1.88%

MKTLIQ 0.95%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.95%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.91%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +4.8%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 0.0%

Holdings 1254 6515

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $125.4bn

URTH and VWO 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%.

VWO

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. 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 6,515 positions, with the top ten at 29.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VWO +4.8%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VWO?: VWO 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 VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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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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