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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XHB −8.6%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or XHB?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to XHB's −8.6%; 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 $1.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

−8.6%

XHB total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.35%

XHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.7 points; URTH is 5.9 times larger.

URTH vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	XHB
Return
Measure	URTH	XHB
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	−8.6%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	XHB
Below its high		20.5%, high on Oct 18, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	XHB
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	XHB
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.8bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	XHB
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	35.4%

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

What they share

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

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH XHB

HOME DEPOT 0.35% 3.30%

LOWES COMPANIES INC 0.12% 3.21%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.11% 3.34%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.10% 3.46%

CSL 0.07% 3.33%

CARRIER GLOBAL 0.05% 3.21%

D R HORTON 0.04% 3.41%

PULTEGROUP 0.03% 3.29%

WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 0.03% 3.54%

LENNAR A CLASS A 0.02% 3.37%

MASCO 0.02% 3.49%

NVR 0.02% 3.02%

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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 XHB

ALLEGION PLC 3.83%

WAYFAIR INC CLASS A 3.63%

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC 3.49%

TOLL BROTHERS INC 3.38%

MERITAGE HOMES CORP 3.23%

CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC 3.22%

ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN 3.20%

INSTALLED BUILDING PRODUCTS 3.14%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF XHB State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks the S&P Homebuilders

Total return, 1 year +13.1% −8.6%

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% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 45.7%

Holdings 1254 34

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and XHB as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.9bn $1.5bn

URTH and XHB 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%.

XHB

XHB tracks the S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −8.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 20.5% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XHB −8.6%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XHB?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 46% of XHB 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 ↗

XHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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