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URTH vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to VYMI's +22.3%; 14% 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 $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
+22.3%
VYMI total return, 1 year
0.24%
URTH expense ratio
0.07%
VYMI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYMI costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points; VYMI is 2.6 times larger.

URTH vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureURTHVYMI
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+22.3%
Drawdown
Below its high4.6%, high on Sep 3, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI World IndexFTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.24%0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$8.2bn$21.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.2%13.8%

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

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VYMI hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH VYMI
ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.37% 1.56%
SHELL 0.33% 1.48%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.32% 1.81%
NOVARTIS AG 0.31% 1.42%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31% 1.47%
NESTLE SA 0.28% 1.25%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.25% 1.35%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.23% 1.15%
TORONTO DOMINION 0.23% 1.04%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.21% 0.93%
ALLIANZ 0.20% 0.96%
BANCO SANTANDER 0.20% 1.07%
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 VYMI
MediaTek Inc 1.21%
SLBBH1142 0.68%
Novo Nordisk A/S 0.65%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.59%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.51%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.42%
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen 0.38%
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.35%
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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF VYMI Vanguard International 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 International High Dividend Yield
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +22.3%
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% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 0.0%
Holdings 1254 1509
Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.9bn $21.4bn

URTH and VYMI 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%.

VYMI

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 1,509 positions, with the top ten at 13.8%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VYMI?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and VYMI +22.3%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VYMI?
VYMI is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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URTH on its own →VYMI on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →VYMI dividend history →VYMI holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗
VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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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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