Which returned more over the last year, EWY or IEI?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, EWY or IEI?

IEI is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWY vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWY returned +79.7% to IEI's −1.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $24.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, and $17.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+79.7%

EWY total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWY expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 80.8 points; EWY is 1.3 times larger.

EWY vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWY	IEI
Return
Measure	EWY	IEI
Total return, 1 year	+79.7%	−1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWY	IEI
Below its high	24.3%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWY	IEI
What it tracks	MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWY	IEI
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$22.5bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWY	IEI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWY and IEI 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 EWY IEI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWY

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 23.14%

SK HYNIX 23.11%

SK SQUARE 2.78%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 2.67%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP 2.06%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 1.54%

HYUNDAI MOTOR 1.51%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP 1.39%

Only in IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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Side by side

EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI South Korea Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +79.7% −1.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark +63.4 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.15%

Holdings 78 82

Net assets, EWY as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEI as of Oct 27, 2026 $24.4bn $17.0bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWY or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWY or IEI?: IEI is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

EWY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWY ↗

IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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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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