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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLG +6.4%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or XLG?

XLG is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 98% of XLG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to XLG's +6.4%; 45% 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 $11.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+6.4%

XLG total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.20%

XLG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLG costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points; XLG is 1.4 times larger.

URTH vs XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	XLG
Return
Measure	URTH	XLG
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+6.4%
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	XLG
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	S&P 500 Top 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	XLG
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.8bn	$11.9bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	XLG
Holdings in common	45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	60.3%

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

What they share

45%

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and XLG hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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45% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH XLG

APPLE 5.60% 12.04%

NVIDIA 5.50% 12.54%

MICROSOFT 4.12% 9.38%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69% 5.91%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07% 4.47%

BROADCOM INC 1.70% 3.87%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62% 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49% 3.25%

TESLA INC 1.28% 2.73%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.15% 2.49%

ELI LILLY 1.13% 2.44%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.00% 2.17%

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Only in URTH

ASML HOLDING 0.70%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.37%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.36%

SHELL 0.33%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.32%

NOVARTIS AG 0.31%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.29%

Only in XLG

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 0.02%

SECURITIES LENDING - BNYM 0.00%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks the S&P 500 top 50

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +6.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark −0.3 pts vs ACWI −7.3 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 69.1% 98.4%

Holdings 1254 53

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLG as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.9bn $11.9bn

URTH and XLG 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%.

XLG

XLG tracks the S&P 500 top 50. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 60.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XLG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLG +6.4%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XLG?: XLG is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and XLG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 98% of XLG 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 ↗

XLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for XLG ↗

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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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