Which returned more over the last year, CORO or HEFA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and HEFA +19.3%.

Which is cheaper, CORO or HEFA?

HEFA is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CORO and HEFA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CORO vs HEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORO and HEFA hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and CORO returned +22.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $13.1bn for iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF and $7.5bn for iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF.

HEFA costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; CORO is 1.7 times larger.

	CORO	HEFA
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.35%
Net assets	$13.1bn	$7.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.5%	+19.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	77.4%	100.0%
Below its high	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.2%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+22.5%

CORO total return, 1 year

+19.3%

HEFA total return, 1 year

0.55%

CORO expense ratio

0.35%

HEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORO and HEFA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CORO HEFA

Only in CORO

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN ETF 19.62%

ISHARES MSCI CANADA ETF 13.40%

ISHARES MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF 8.76%

ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF 6.16%

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN CAP ETF 6.07%

ISHARES MSCI SWEDEN ETF 5.23%

ISHARES MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF 5.22%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.85%

Only in HEFA

ISHARES MSCI EAFE ETF 99.10%

EUR/USD 0.52%

JPY/USD 0.26%

GBP/USD 0.07%

DKK/USD 0.02%

JPY/USD 0.01%

SEK/USD 0.01%

SGD/USD 0.01%

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On the same fields

CORO

iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF

HEFA

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +22.5% +19.3%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.2 pts +2.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 27 97

Net assets $13.1bn $7.5bn

CORO and HEFA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CORO in plain words

CORO is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 27 positions, with the top ten at 77.4%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

HEFA in plain words

HEFA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 97 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%. It sat 3.2% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CORO or HEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and HEFA +19.3%.
Which is cheaper, CORO or HEFA?: HEFA is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CORO and HEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CORO and 0% of HEFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CORO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CORO ↗HEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for HEFA ↗

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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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