Which returned more over the last year, EPOL or EUFN?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EPOL returned +32.2% and EUFN +16.6%.

Which is cheaper, EPOL or EUFN?

EUFN is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EPOL and EUFN overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EPOL vs EUFN: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EPOL returned +32.2% to EUFN's +16.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.0bn for iShares MSCI Poland ETF and $3.0bn for iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF.

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At a glance

+32.2%

EPOL total return, 1 year

+16.6%

EUFN total return, 1 year

0.59%

EPOL expense ratio

0.49%

EUFN expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EUFN costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.6 points; EUFN is 3.0 times larger.

EPOL vs EUFN: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EPOL	EUFN
Return
Measure	EPOL	EUFN
Total return, 1 year	+32.2%	+16.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EPOL	EUFN
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 8, 2026	11.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EPOL	EUFN
What it tracks	MSCI Poland IMI 25/50 Index	MSCI Europe Financials Index
Cost and size
Measure	EPOL	EUFN
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.0bn	$3.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EPOL	EUFN
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	65.9%	43.6%

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

Risk and return

Jun 4, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026 · 855 weekly returns

EPOL EUFN

Return

Total return edge EUFN +194.2% +298.5%

Annualized edge EUFN +6.8% +8.8%

Price return edge EUFN +84.6% +114.6%

Risk

Volatility edge EUFN (slight) 26.2% 25.2%

Max drawdown edge EUFN −63.6% −52.7%

Downside capture 93.5% 116.1%

Beta 0.92 1.30

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EUFN 0.32 0.40

Sortino edge EUFN 0.46 0.57

Treynor 0.092 0.070

Calmar edge EUFN 0.11 0.17

Against the benchmark

Alpha +3.3% a year +0.7% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.71 0.21

Information ratio 0.15 0.19

Tracking error 19.1% 13.7%

Each against its own benchmark: EPOL against EEM, Jun 4, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026; EUFN against ACWX, Feb 12, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

EUFN returned more: +298.5% to +194.2%. EUFN swung slightly less: 25.2% to 26.2%. EUFN fell less at its worst: −52.7% to −63.6%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: EPOL vs EUFN: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EPOL	EUFN	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+194.2%	+298.5%	EUFN	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+6.8%	+8.8%	EUFN	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+84.6%	+114.6%	EUFN	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	26.2%	25.2%	EUFN (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.4%	17.5%	EUFN (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−63.6%	−52.7%	EUFN	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	89.0%	147.1%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	93.5%	116.1%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.92	1.30	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.47	0.75	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.32	0.40	EUFN	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.46	0.57	EUFN	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.092	0.070		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.11	0.17	EUFN	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	EEM	ACWX		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+3.3% a year	+0.7% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.71	0.21	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−5.9% to +12.6%	−5.4% to +6.8%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.15	0.19		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	19.1%	13.7%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 855 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EPOL and EUFN 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 EPOL EUFN

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EPOL

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK 14.92%

ORLEN 13.14%

BANK PEKAO SA 6.85%

PZU SA 6.01%

ALLEGRO SA 5.58%

LPP SA 4.65%

ERSTE BANK POLSKA SA 4.53%

KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SA 3.74%

Only in EUFN

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 8.88%

ALLIANZ 5.54%

BANCO SANTANDER 5.38%

UBS GROUP AG 4.38%

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA 4.24%

UNICREDIT 3.38%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 3.29%

BNP PARIBAS SA 2.89%

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Side by side

EPOL iShares MSCI Poland ETF EUFN iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +32.2% +16.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark +15.9 pts vs EEM +2.3 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 33 93

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.0bn $3.0bn

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

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

What each follows. EPOL follows MSCI Poland IMI 25/50 Index and EUFN follows MSCI Europe Financials Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EPOL returned +32.2% and EUFN +16.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 15.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EPOL

EPOL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +32.2% 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 33 positions, with the top ten at 65.9%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

EUFN

EUFN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.6% 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 93 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%. It sat 11.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EPOL or EUFN?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EPOL returned +32.2% and EUFN +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, EPOL or EUFN?: EUFN is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EPOL and EUFN overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EPOL and 0% of EUFN by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EPOL and EUFN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EPOL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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EUFN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EUFN ↗

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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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