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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or IXUS?

IXUS 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 EWZ and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWZ vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to IXUS's +14.1%; 1% 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 $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; IXUS is 4.1 times larger.

EWZ vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	IXUS
Return
Measure	EWZ	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	IXUS
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	IXUS
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 23, 2026	$14.0bn	$57.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	IXUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	13.5%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

EWZ IXUS

Return

Total return edge IXUS +47.3% +177.4%

Annualized edge IXUS +2.8% +7.5%

Price return edge IXUS −21.4% +90.2%

Risk

Volatility edge IXUS 30.9% 15.8%

Max drawdown edge IXUS −65.6% −34.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IXUS 0.18 0.42

Sortino edge IXUS 0.27 0.59

Calmar edge IXUS 0.04 0.22

Reading

IXUS returned more: +177.4% to +47.3%. IXUS swung less: 15.8% to 30.9%. IXUS fell less at its worst: −34.6% to −65.6%.

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Risk and return: EWZ vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	IXUS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+47.3%	+177.4%	IXUS	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.8%	+7.5%	IXUS	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−21.4%	+90.2%	IXUS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	30.9%	15.8%	IXUS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	21.2%	11.3%	IXUS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−65.6%	−34.6%	IXUS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.18	0.42	IXUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.27	0.59	IXUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.04	0.22	IXUS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWZ and IXUS hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWZ IXUS

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.54% 0.11%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 8.45% 0.11%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 8.42% 0.10%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 8.20% 0.10%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07% 0.10%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27% 0.04%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39% 0.04%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 2.49% 0.04%

AMBEV SA 2.99% 0.03%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 3.08% 0.03%

BCO BTG PACTUAL UNT SA 2.94% 0.03%

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 2.56% 0.03%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWZ

BRL/USD 0.00%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 59 4584

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $57.6bn

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

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EWZ and IXUS do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EWZ follows MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index and IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Number of holdings. EWZ holds 59 positions and IXUS holds 4584.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or IXUS?: IXUS 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 EWZ and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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