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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VXF?

VXF 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 VXF overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VXF's +10.6%; 3% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; VXF is 3.7 times larger.

URTH vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VXF
Return
Measure	URTH	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VXF
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VXF
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VXF
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	11.3%

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 VXF hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VXF

SNOWFLAKE 0.12% 1.42%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.12% 0.11%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.11% 1.35%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.10% 2.50%

ALLIANZ 0.20% 0.09%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.07% 0.67%

CSL 0.07% 0.15%

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 0.06% 0.11%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.06% 0.08%

NATERA 0.06% 0.72%

LVMH 0.12% 0.05%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.07% 0.05%

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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 VXF

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Guardant Health Inc 0.29%

TD SYNNEX Corp 0.25%

Tenet Healthcare Corp 0.25%

Roku Inc 0.24%

Royal Gold Inc 0.24%

US Foods Holding Corp 0.24%

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +10.6%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 0.0%

Holdings 1254 3361

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $30.2bn

URTH and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VXF?: VXF 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 VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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