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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLP +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or XLP?

XLP 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 XLP overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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URTH vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to XLP's +13.8%; 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 $14.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+13.8%

XLP total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.08%

XLP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLP costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; XLP is 1.7 times larger.

URTH vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	XLP
Return
Measure	URTH	XLP
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+13.8%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	XLP
Below its high		3.5%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	XLP
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Consumer Staples Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	XLP
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.8bn	$14.6bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	XLP
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	62.9%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH XLP

WALMART 0.57% 11.05%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.48% 9.14%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.40% 7.69%

COCA-COLA 0.39% 7.34%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.35% 6.56%

PEPSICO 0.20% 4.10%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.13% 4.54%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.09% 4.19%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.08% 4.39%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.07% 1.60%

MONSTER BEVERAGE 0.07% 3.88%

TARGET CORP 0.07% 3.94%

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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 XLP

JM SMUCKER CO 0.81%

CLOROX COMPANY 0.62%

HORMEL FOODS CORP 0.36%

BROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B 0.30%

XAP CONS STAPLES DEC26 0.01%

CONTRA WALGREENS BOOTS 0.00%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF XLP State Street Consumer Staples 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 Consumer staples

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +13.8%

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% 99.6%

Holdings 1254 36

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLP as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.9bn $14.6bn

URTH and XLP 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%.

XLP

XLP tracks an index of Consumer staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% 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 36 positions, with the top ten at 62.9%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XLP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLP +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XLP?: XLP 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 XLP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 100% of XLP 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 ↗

XLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLP 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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