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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWJ returned +18.1% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, EWJ or IWF?

IWF is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWJ and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWJ vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWJ returned +18.1% to IWF's +0.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Japan ETF, and $124.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+18.1%

EWJ total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.49%

EWJ expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWF costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.2 points; IWF is 5.2 times larger.

EWJ vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWJ	IWF
Return
Measure	EWJ	IWF
Total return, 1 year	+18.1%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	EWJ	IWF
Below its high	4.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWJ	IWF
What it tracks	MSCI Japan Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWJ	IWF
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.8bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	EWJ	IWF
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.5%	57.5%

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

What they share

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

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

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Side by side

EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Japan Tracks the Russell 1000 growth

Total return, 1 year +18.1% +0.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +1.1% (VONG)

Gap to its benchmark +3.8 pts vs ACWX −0.2 pts vs VONG

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 93.5%

Holdings 169 374

Net assets, EWJ as of Oct 28, 2026 and IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.9bn $124.7bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWJ or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWJ returned +18.1% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, EWJ or IWF?: IWF is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWJ and IWF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWJ and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWJ ↗

IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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