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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XOP +62.5%.

Which is cheaper, URTH or XOP?

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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

URTH vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, URTH returned +13.1% to XOP's +62.5%; 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 $4.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

+62.5%

XOP total return, 1 year

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

0.35%

XOP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 49.4 points; URTH is 1.9 times larger.

URTH vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	URTH	XOP
Return
Measure	URTH	XOP
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+62.5%
Drawdown
Measure	URTH	XOP
Below its high		24.8%, high on Jun 23, 2014
Benchmark
Measure	URTH	XOP
What it tracks	MSCI World Index	S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	URTH	XOP
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.8bn	$4.6bn
Holdings
Measure	URTH	XOP
Holdings in common	2%
In the S&P 500, by weight	69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and XOP hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first URTH XOP

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.82% 2.82%

CHEVRON 0.46% 2.75%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.20% 2.79%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.14% 2.81%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.13% 2.56%

PHILLIPS 66 0.12% 2.65%

EOG RESOURCES 0.09% 2.82%

DEVON ENERGY 0.06% 2.69%

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP 0.05% 2.63%

DIAMONDBACK ENERGY 0.04% 2.60%

EQT 0.04% 2.65%

EXPAND ENERGY 0.03% 2.52%

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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 XOP

RANGE RESOURCES CORP 3.48%

MURPHY OIL CORP 2.89%

OVINTIV INC 2.85%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 2.78%

ANTERO RESOURCES CORP 2.77%

HF SINCLAIR CORP 2.72%

SM ENERGY CO 2.65%

VIPER ENERGY INC CL A 2.64%

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Side by side

URTH iShares MSCI World ETF XOP State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI World Tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +62.5%

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%

Holdings 1254 52

Net assets, URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 and XOP as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.9bn $4.6bn

URTH and XOP 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%.

XOP

XOP tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +62.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 24.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XOP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +13.1% and XOP +62.5%.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XOP?: 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.

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Sources and dates

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

XOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XOP 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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