Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or EWZ?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and EWZ +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or EWZ?

AVUS 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 AVUS and EWZ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 0% of EWZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUS vs EWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to EWZ's +13.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $14.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF, and $10.3bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points; AVUS is 1.3 times larger.

AVUS vs EWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	EWZ
Return
Measure	AVUS	EWZ
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	EWZ
Below its high		25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	EWZ
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	EWZ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$14.7bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	EWZ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and EWZ 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 AVUS EWZ

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Only in AVUS

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.90%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.54%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.71%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.39%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.19%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.13%

ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.89%

ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.52%

Only in EWZ

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.54%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 8.45%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 8.42%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 8.20%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27%

WEG 3.13%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Brazil

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 84.1% 0.0%

Holdings 1943 59

Net assets, AVUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 $14.8bn $10.3bn

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

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About each fund

AVUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000.

AVUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,943 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%.

EWZ

EWZ tracks the MSCI Brazil. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested. 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 59 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 25.4% below its high of May 20, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or EWZ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and EWZ +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or EWZ?: AVUS 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 AVUS and EWZ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 0% of EWZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWZ ↗

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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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