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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VYM +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VYM?

VYM is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 90% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VYM's +18.0%; 25% 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 $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+18.0%

VYM total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.04%

VYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYM costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; VYM is 9.6 times larger.

URTH vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	VYM
Return
Measure	URTH	VYM
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+18.0%
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	VYM
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	VYM
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.2bn	$78.9bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	VYM
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	26.2%

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

What they share

25%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VYM hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VYM

BROADCOM INC 1.70% 6.93%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.98% 3.75%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82% 2.84%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.71% 2.71%

ABBVIE 0.56% 1.96%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.48% 1.80%

CHEVRON 0.46% 1.61%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 0.41% 1.41%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.40% 1.44%

COCA-COLA 0.39% 1.42%

MERCK & CO INC 0.38% 1.52%

BANK OF AMERICA 0.36% 1.50%

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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%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

TESLA INC 1.28%

Only in VYM

Credicorp Ltd 0.11%

MKTLIQ 0.11%

Viatris Inc 0.09%

Southwest Airlines Co 0.08%

Southern Copper Corp 0.08%

East West Bancorp Inc 0.07%

Permian Resources Corp 0.07%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.07%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of US high dividend

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +18.0%

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% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 89.5%

Holdings 1254 595

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $78.9bn

URTH and VYM 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%.

VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 595 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VYM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VYM?: VYM is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 90% of VYM 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 ↗

VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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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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