Which returned more over the last year, AOR or EWJ?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and EWJ +18.1%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or EWJ?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and EWJ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of EWJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs EWJ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to EWJ's +18.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $3.9bn for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF and $23.9bn for iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+18.1%

EWJ total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.49%

EWJ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; EWJ is 6.1 times larger.

AOR vs EWJ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	EWJ
Return
Measure	AOR	EWJ
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+18.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	EWJ
Below its high		4.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	EWJ
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	MSCI Japan Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	EWJ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.49%
Net assets	$3.9bn	$23.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	EWJ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	29.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and EWJ hold 0% 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 AOR EWJ

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in EWJ

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 4.40%

TOYOTA MOTOR 3.59%

ADVANTEST 3.03%

HITACHI 3.03%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 3.03%

SONY GROUP 2.89%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 2.83%

TOKYO ELECTRON 2.55%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks the MSCI Japan

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +18.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +3.8 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 7 169

Net assets $3.9bn $23.9bn

AOR and EWJ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

EWJ

EWJ tracks the MSCI Japan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 169 positions, with the top ten at 29.5%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or EWJ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and EWJ +18.1%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or EWJ?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and EWJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of EWJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

EWJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWJ ↗

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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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