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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, EWY or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWY vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWY returned +79.7% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+79.7%

EWY total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWY expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 77.5 points; EWY is 1.3 times larger.

EWY vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWY	VTIP
Return
Measure	EWY	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+79.7%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	EWY	VTIP
Below its high	24.3%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWY	VTIP
What it tracks	MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWY	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$26.2bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	EWY	VTIP
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 Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWY and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWY VTIP

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 VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI South Korea Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +79.7% +2.2%

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% 0.03%

Holdings 78 26

Net assets, EWY as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $24.4bn $20.9bn

EWY and VTIP 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.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWY or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, EWY or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 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 ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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