iShares MSCI World ETF (US) – ISIN US4642863926

ISIN US4642863926 · WKN — · URTH US World

The iShares MSCI World ETF (US) is an exchange-traded index fund (ETF) from iShares that tracks the MSCI-WORLD index physically. With a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.24 % per year it is low-cost for its category. Income is distributed to investors; it trades as a US product. The fund spreads across 1280 individual holdings – the largest currently NVIDIA Corporation at 5.34 %. That means a single savings-plan building block gives you broad, diversified exposure to an entire market segment – the full composition plus sector and country breakdown are shown below.

ListingUS
Cost (TER)0.24 %
Indexmsci-world
ReplicationPhysical
DistributionDistributing
Holdings1280

Key facts

Key facts
Reference indexMSCI World Index (Net)
Base currencyUSD
DomicileUSA
Fund size4.5 bn USD
MethodologyOptimierung
Management companyBlackRock
DistributionDistributing
Product structurePhysical

Data note 1

Tax (Germany)

Equity ETF: 30 % partial exemption (Teilfreistellung). Distributing → Vorabpauschale barely relevant. Details.

The 50 largest holdings

of 1,280 in total · as of 2026-08-27 · composition based on index tracker XDWD

Top holdings
#StockTickerWeight
1NVIDIA CorporationNVDA5.34 %
2Apple Inc.AAPL4.94 %
3Microsoft CorporationMSFT3.76 %
4Amazon.com Inc.AMZN2.74 %
5Alphabet Inc. Class AGOOGL2.19 %
6Broadcom Inc.AVGO1.74 %
7Alphabet Inc. Class CGOOG1.72 %
8META Platforms Inc. Class AMETA1.36 %
9Micron Technology Inc.MU1.14 %
10Eli Lilly and CompanyLLY1.08 %
11Tesla Inc.TSLA1.07 %
12JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPM1.04 %
13Advanced Micro Devices Inc.AMD0.85 %
14Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class BBRKB0.76 %
15ASML Holding Adr RepresentingASML0.74 %
16Exxonmobil Holdings CorporationXOM0.72 %
17Johnson & JohnsonJNJ0.71 %
18Visa Inc. Class AV0.70 %
19Mastercard Incorporated Class AMA0.53 %
20AbbVie Inc.ABBV0.51 %
21Walmart Inc.WMT0.50 %
22Cisco Systems Inc.CSCO0.48 %
23Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST0.46 %
24Bank of America CorpBAC0.46 %
25Lam Research CorporationLRCX0.43 %
26Merck & Co. Inc.MRK0.42 %
27Intel Corp. Corp.INTC0.42 %
28Applied Materials Inc.AMAT0.41 %
29Caterpillar Inc.CAT0.41 %
30Palantir Technologies Inc. Class APLTR0.41 %
31Chevron CorporationCVX0.40 %
32GE AerospaceGE0.40 %
33UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedUNH0.39 %
34HSBC Holdings plcHSBA0.38 %
35Coca-Cola CompanyKO0.38 %
36Netflix Inc.NFLX0.38 %
37Procter & Gamble CompanyPG0.37 %
38Home Depot Inc.HD0.37 %
39Roche PS Par AGROP0.35 %
40Goldman Sachs Group Inc.GS0.34 %
41Philip Morris International Inc.PM0.33 %
42Novartis AGNOVN0.32 %
43Royal Bank of CanadaRY0.31 %
44RTX CorporationRTX0.31 %
45Palo Alto Networks Inc.PANW0.30 %
46Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC0.28 %
47Shell plcSHEL0.28 %
48Astrazeneca plcAZN0.28 %
49Morgan StanleyMS0.28 %
50Nestle S.A.NESN0.28 %

Top Sectors

Information Technology29.0 %
Financials16.6 %
Industrials11.2 %
Health Care9.5 %
Consumer Discretionary8.8 %
Communication Services8.0 %
Consumer Staples4.9 %
Energy4.0 %
Materials3.5 %
Utilities2.4 %
Real Estate1.7 %
0.0 %

Geographic Breakdown

United States71.1 %
Japan5.7 %
Canada3.4 %
United Kingdom3.0 %
Switzerland2.4 %
France2.3 %
Germany2.2 %
Australia1.8 %
Netherlands1.8 %
Spain0.9 %
Italy0.8 %
Sweden0.8 %

Data note 2

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Performance

Performance figures
Trailing (1Y)+18.8 %Year to date+12.0 %
Calendar year 2025+19.5 %
Calendar year 2026+12.5 %

Data note 3

Correlated with

The strongest co-movers on top, the most inverse below. Low or negative values improve portfolio diversification.

Data note 4

Based on the underlying index MSCI-WORLD's own correlations — we don't have individual price series for UCITS ETFs.

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