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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLE +61.2%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or XLE?

XLE is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 100% of XLE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to XLE's +61.2%; 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 $45.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+61.2%

XLE total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.08%

XLE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLE costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 48.1 points; XLE is 5.1 times larger.

URTH vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	XLE
Return
Measure	URTH	XLE
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+61.2%
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	XLE
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Energy Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	XLE
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.8bn	$45.2bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	XLE
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	78.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and XLE hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH XLE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82% 23.98%

CHEVRON 0.46% 18.21%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.20% 7.18%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.14% 4.67%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.13% 4.26%

PHILLIPS 66 0.12% 4.41%

WILLIAMS 0.10% 4.22%

EOG RESOURCES 0.09% 4.07%

SLB 0.09% 3.86%

KINDER MORGAN 0.07% 3.19%

ONEOK 0.07% 2.91%

TARGA RESOURCES 0.07% 3.12%

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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 XLE

XAE ENERGY DEC26 0.01%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF XLE State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +61.2%

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% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 99.8%

Holdings 1254 22

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLE as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.9bn $45.2bn

URTH and XLE 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%.

XLE

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +61.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XLE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLE +61.2%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XLE?: XLE is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and XLE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 100% of XLE 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 ↗

XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLE 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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