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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and EWY +79.7%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or EWY?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs EWY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to EWY's +79.7%; 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 $24.4bn for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+79.7%

EWY total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.59%

EWY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 71.9 points; EWY is 6.3 times larger.

AOR vs EWY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	EWY
Return
Measure	AOR	EWY
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+79.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	EWY
Below its high		24.3%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	EWY
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	EWY
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.59%
Net assets	$3.9bn	$24.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	EWY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	60.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and EWY 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 EWY

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 EWY

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 23.14%

SK HYNIX 23.11%

SK SQUARE 2.78%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 2.67%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP 2.06%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 1.54%

HYUNDAI MOTOR 1.51%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP 1.39%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF EWY iShares MSCI South Korea 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 South Korea

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +79.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +63.4 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 7 78

Net assets $3.9bn $24.4bn

AOR and EWY 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%.

EWY

EWY tracks the MSCI South Korea. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +79.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 78 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 24.3% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or EWY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and EWY +79.7%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or EWY?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and EWY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of EWY 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 ↗

EWY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWY ↗

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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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