Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or HYMB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and HYMB −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or HYMB?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWZ vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to HYMB's −1.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $10.3bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF, and $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points; EWZ is 3.0 times larger.

EWZ vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	HYMB
Return
Measure	EWZ	HYMB
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	HYMB
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	HYMB
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	HYMB
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$11.3bn	$3.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	HYMB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWZ and HYMB 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 EWZ HYMB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWZ

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.54%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 8.45%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 8.42%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 8.20%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27%

WEG 3.13%

Only in HYMB

PRCGEN 5.000 07/01/58 1.94%

PRCGEN 4.784 07/01/58 1.25%

BUCGEN 5.000 06/01/55 1.08%

PRC 4.000 07/01/46 0.64%

PRCGEN 4.329 07/01/40 0.61%

NYCDEV 5.000 11/15/44 0.49%

PRC 4.000 07/01/41 0.47%

CHIEDU 6.000 12/01/41 0.46%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −1.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.4 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.35%

Holdings 59 2105

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $3.8bn

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

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About each fund

EWZ

EWZ tracks the MSCI Brazil. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested. 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 59 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 25.4% below its high of May 20, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

HYMB

HYMB tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 4.7% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or HYMB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and HYMB −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or HYMB?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWZ ↗

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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