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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, EWY or VPL?

VPL is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EWY and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWY vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWY returned +79.7% to VPL's +24.8%; 19% 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+79.7%

EWY total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWY expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 54.9 points; EWY is 2.9 times larger.

EWY vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWY	VPL
Return
Measure	EWY	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+79.7%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	EWY	VPL
Below its high	24.3%, high on Jun 18, 2026	7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWY	VPL
What it tracks	MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWY	VPL
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$26.2bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWY	VPL
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.9%	24.8%

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

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, EWY and VPL hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWY VPL

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 23.14% 7.11%

SK HYNIX 23.11% 5.82%

SK SQUARE 2.78% 0.58%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 2.67% 0.48%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP 2.06% 0.33%

HYUNDAI MOTOR 1.51% 0.27%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 1.54% 0.26%

DOOSAN ENERBILITY LTD 1.12% 0.21%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP 1.39% 0.20%

HANWHA AEROSPACE LTD 1.11% 0.19%

SAMSUNG SDI LTD 1.38% 0.17%

NAVER 1.17% 0.17%

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Only in EWY

SAMSUNG LIFE LTD 1.01%

SAMSUNG FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE LT 0.97%

HD KOREA SHIPBUILDING & OFFSHORE E 0.59%

APR LTD 0.50%

SAM YANG FOODS INC 0.48%

HYUNDAI MOTOR S2 PREF 0.42%

HYUNDAI MOTOR S1 PREF 0.35%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.05%

Only in VPL

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

Advantest Corp 1.25%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.25%

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Side by side

EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI South Korea Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +79.7% +24.8%

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% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 78 2343

Net assets, EWY as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $24.4bn $9.0bn

EWY and VPL 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.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWY or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWY or VPL?: VPL is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWY and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWY and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWY ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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