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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLU −3.0%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or XLU?

XLU 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 XLU overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

URTH vs XLU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to XLU's −3.0%; 2% 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 $23.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

−3.0%

XLU total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.08%

XLU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLU costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.1 points; XLU is 2.7 times larger.

URTH vs XLU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	XLU
Return
Measure	URTH	XLU
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	−3.0%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	XLU
Below its high		9.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	XLU
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	Utilities Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	XLU
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.8bn	$23.9bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	XLU
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	58.7%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and XLU hold 2% 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 XLU

NEXTERA ENERGY 0.19% 12.76%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.11% 2.05%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.11% 7.22%

SOUTHERN 0.11% 7.91%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 0.09% 6.33%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 0.08% 5.26%

DOMINION ENERGY 0.06% 4.26%

SEMPRA 0.06% 4.12%

CONSOLIDATED EDISON 0.05% 3.16%

ENTERGY CORP 0.05% 3.75%

EXELON CORP 0.05% 3.42%

VISTRA 0.05% 3.43%

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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 XLU

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL 0.96%

AES CORP 0.80%

XAU UTILITIES DEC26 0.01%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF XLU State Street Utilities 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 Utilities

Total return, 1 year +13.1% −3.0%

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% 99.7%

Holdings 1254 32

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLU as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.9bn $23.9bn

URTH and XLU 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%.

XLU

XLU tracks an index of Utilities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.0% 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 32 positions, with the top ten at 58.7%. It sat 9.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XLU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XLU −3.0%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XLU?: XLU 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 XLU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 69% of URTH and 100% of XLU 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 ↗

XLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLU 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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