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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EPOL returned +32.2% and VGK +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, EPOL or VGK?

VGK is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EPOL vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EPOL returned +32.2% to VGK's +10.4%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI Poland ETF, and $29.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF.

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At a glance

+32.2%

EPOL total return, 1 year

+10.4%

VGK total return, 1 year

0.59%

EPOL expense ratio

0.06%

VGK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGK costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.8 points; VGK is far larger, $29.6bn against $834m.

EPOL vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EPOL	VGK
Return
Measure	EPOL	VGK
Total return, 1 year	+32.2%	+10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	EPOL	VGK
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 8, 2026	6.1%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EPOL	VGK
What it tracks	MSCI Poland IMI 25/50 Index	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EPOL	VGK
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$834m	$29.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EPOL	VGK
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	65.9%	19.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

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

EPOL VGK

Return

Total return edge VGK +194.2% +284.7%

Annualized edge VGK +6.8% +8.5%

Price return edge VGK +84.6% +117.5%

Risk

Volatility edge VGK 26.2% 19.0%

Max drawdown edge VGK −63.6% −36.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VGK 0.32 0.44

Sortino edge VGK 0.46 0.63

Calmar edge VGK 0.11 0.23

Reading

VGK returned more: +284.7% to +194.2%. VGK swung less: 19.0% to 26.2%. VGK fell less at its worst: −36.6% to −63.6%.

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Risk and return: EPOL vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EPOL	VGK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+194.2%	+284.7%	VGK	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+6.8%	+8.5%	VGK	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+84.6%	+117.5%	VGK	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	26.2%	19.0%	VGK	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.4%	13.4%	VGK	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−63.6%	−36.6%	VGK	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.32	0.44	VGK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.46	0.63	VGK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.11	0.23	VGK	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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 VGK hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EPOL VGK

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK 14.92% 0.18%

ORLEN 13.14% 0.14%

ALLEGRO SA 5.58% 0.09%

BANK PEKAO SA 6.85% 0.08%

KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SA 3.74% 0.07%

PZU SA 6.01% 0.07%

ERSTE BANK POLSKA SA 4.53% 0.06%

LPP SA 4.65% 0.05%

MBANK SA 3.43% 0.03%

CD PROJEKT RED 2.82% 0.03%

DINO POLSKA 3.05% 0.03%

ZABKA GROUP SOCIETE ANONYME SA 2.08% 0.03%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EPOL

ASBISC ENTERPRISES PLC 1.04%

AUTO PARTNER SA 0.49%

WIG20(PLN20) INDEX DEC 26 0.00%

Only in VGK

ASML Holding NV 4.47%

HSBC Holdings PLC 2.19%

Roche Holding AG 1.89%

Novartis AG 1.72%

Shell PLC 1.64%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.56%

Nestle SA 1.51%

Siemens AG 1.45%

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Side by side

EPOL iShares MSCI Poland ETF VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of European Stock

Total return, 1 year +32.2% +10.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +15.9 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 33 1245

Net assets, EPOL as of Oct 27, 2026 and VGK as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.0bn $29.6bn

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

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EPOL and VGK 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 VGK follows FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EPOL returned +32.2% and VGK +10.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 21.8 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.

VGK

VGK tracks an index of European Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,245 positions, with the top ten at 19.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EPOL or VGK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EPOL returned +32.2% and VGK +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, EPOL or VGK?: VGK is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EPOL and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EPOL and 0% of VGK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EPOL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EPOL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EPOL ↗

VGK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGK ↗

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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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