Which returned more over the last year, DVY or EWJ?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and EWJ +18.1%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or EWJ?

DVY is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DVY and EWJ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of EWJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs EWJ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to EWJ's +18.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $23.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+18.1%

EWJ total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.49%

EWJ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DVY costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point.

DVY vs EWJ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	EWJ
Return
Measure	DVY	EWJ
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+18.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	EWJ
Below its high		4.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	EWJ
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	MSCI Japan Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	EWJ
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$23.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	EWJ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	29.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and EWJ 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 DVY EWJ

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

Only in EWJ

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 4.40%

TOYOTA MOTOR 3.59%

ADVANTEST 3.03%

HITACHI 3.03%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 3.03%

SONY GROUP 2.89%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 2.83%

TOKYO ELECTRON 2.55%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks the MSCI Japan

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +18.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.8 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 0.0%

Holdings 101 169

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWJ as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $23.9bn

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

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

EWJ

EWJ tracks the MSCI Japan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% 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 169 positions, with the top ten at 29.5%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or EWJ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and EWJ +18.1%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or EWJ?: DVY is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and EWJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of EWJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

EWJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWJ ↗

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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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