Which returned more over the last year, BBEU or EWL?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BBEU returned +10.0% and EWL +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, BBEU or EWL?

BBEU is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BBEU and EWL overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BBEU vs EWL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BBEU returned +10.0% to EWL's +14.5%; 14% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $9.0bn for JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF and $3.0bn for iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF.

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At a glance

+10.0%

BBEU total return, 1 year

+14.5%

EWL total return, 1 year

0.09%

BBEU expense ratio

0.50%

EWL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BBEU costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; BBEU is 3.0 times larger.

BBEU vs EWL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BBEU	EWL
Return
Measure	BBEU	EWL
Total return, 1 year	+10.0%	+14.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BBEU	EWL
Below its high	6.3%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BBEU	EWL
What it tracks	Morningstar Developed Europe Target Market Exposure Index	MSCI Switzerland 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	BBEU	EWL
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.50%
Net assets	$9.0bn	$3.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BBEU	EWL
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.5%	65.3%

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

Risk and return

Jun 29, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 434 weekly returns

BBEU EWL

Return

Total return edge EWL +99.8% +125.9%

Annualized edge EWL +8.6% +10.3%

Price return edge EWL +53.1% +93.5%

Risk

Volatility edge EWL 19.4% 17.2%

Max drawdown edge EWL −35.6% −28.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EWL 0.38 0.49

Sortino edge EWL 0.54 0.70

Calmar edge EWL 0.24 0.36

Reading

EWL returned more: +125.9% to +99.8%. EWL swung less: 17.2% to 19.4%. EWL fell less at its worst: −28.3% to −35.6%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: BBEU vs EWL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BBEU	EWL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+99.8%	+125.9%	EWL	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.6%	+10.3%	EWL	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+53.1%	+93.5%	EWL	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.4%	17.2%	EWL	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.8%	12.0%	EWL	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.6%	−28.3%	EWL	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.38	0.49	EWL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.54	0.70	EWL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.24	0.36	EWL	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 434 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, BBEU and EWL hold 14% 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 BBEU EWL

ROCHE HOLDING AG COMMON 2.50% 14.99%

NOVARTIS AG COMMON STOCK 2.23% 12.54%

NESTLE SA COMMON STOCK 1.88% 11.36%

UBS GROUP AG COMMON STOCK 1.04% 5.83%

ABB LTD COMMON STOCK CHF 1.01% 3.88%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 0.83% 4.57%

CIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT 0.80% 3.87%

LONZA GROUP AG COMMON 0.41% 2.94%

SWISS RE AG COMMON STOCK 0.39% 2.82%

HOLCIM AG COMMON STOCK 0.31% 2.27%

SANDOZ GROUP AG COMMON 0.31% 2.33%

GIVAUDAN SA COMMON STOCK 0.29% 2.50%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BBEU

ASML HOLDING NV COMMON 4.73%

SHELL PLC 2.27%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC COMMON 2.22%

ASTRAZENECA PLC COMMON 1.99%

SAP SE COMMON STOCK EUR 1.70%

SIEMENS AG COMMON STOCK 1.60%

TOTALENERGIES SE COMMON 1.40%

ALLIANZ SE COMMON STOCK 1.38%

Only in EWL

HELVETIA BALOISE HOLDING N AG 1.36%

VAT GROUP AG 1.24%

SONOVA HOLDING AG 1.19%

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL 1.08%

SWISS PRIME SITE AG 0.85%

BELIMO N AG 0.73%

AVOLTA AG 0.54%

BC VAUD N 0.54%

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Side by side

BBEU JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF EWL iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.0% +14.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 355 43

Net assets $9.0bn $3.0bn

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

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BBEU and EWL are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. BBEU follows Morningstar Developed Europe Target Market Exposure Index and EWL follows MSCI Switzerland 25/50 Index.
Holdings in common. 14% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BBEU returned +10.0% and EWL +14.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BBEU

BBEU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 355 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%. It sat 6.3% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

EWL

EWL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% 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 43 positions, with the top ten at 65.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BBEU or EWL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BBEU returned +10.0% and EWL +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, BBEU or EWL?: BBEU is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BBEU and EWL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BBEU and 0% of EWL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

BBEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BBEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

EWL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWL ↗

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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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