Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
DRAM vs EWY: Differences, Returns & Fees
DRAM and EWY are measured over different days, and EWY charges 0.59% to DRAM's 0.65%.
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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $20.6bn for Roundhill Memory ETF and $24.4bn for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.
Pair scorecard
EWY costs 0.06 points a year less; EWY is 1.2 times larger.
| Measure | DRAM | EWY |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +79.7% |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its all-time high | 33.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026 | |
| Below its high | 24.3%, high on Jun 18, 2026 | |
| Benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Memory and storage | MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.59% |
| Net assets | $20.6bn | $24.4bn |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 97% | |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 30% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 56% | 60.9% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method
Risk and return
Apr 10, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 28 weekly returnsDRAM returned more: +45.1% to +9.0%. EWY fell less at its worst: −31.4% to −39.4%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | DRAM | EWY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +45.1% | +9.0% | DRAM | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | +45.1% | +9.0% | DRAM | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −39.4% | −31.4% | EWY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 28 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, DRAM and EWY hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.
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30% in common
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Side by side
DRAM and EWY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for DRAM; the two funds' holdings are dated 119 days apart.
DRAM
By weight, 16% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +95.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 33.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.
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
- Are DRAM and EWY in the same category?
- DRAM is a thematic ETF and EWY is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which is cheaper, DRAM or EWY?
- EWY is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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