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

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

Which is cheaper, EWZ or IVV?

IVV 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.

How much do EWZ and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWZ vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ and IVV finished level, +13.7% against +13.7%, and they share 0% of their weight.

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Net assets: $10.3bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF, and $885.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.56 points a year less; both returned +13.7% over a year; IVV is far larger, $880.6bn against $11.3bn.

EWZ vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	IVV
Return
Measure	EWZ	IVV
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	IVV
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	IVV
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	S&P 500
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	IVV
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$11.3bn	$880.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	IVV
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	38.1%

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

What they share

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

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 IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 59 505

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $885.1bn

EWZ and IVV 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.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or IVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and IVV +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or IVV?: IVV 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.
How much do EWZ and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWZ ↗

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

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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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