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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and SDY +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or SDY?

SDY 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.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWZ vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to SDY's +16.5%; 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 $21.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SDY costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; SDY is 1.9 times larger.

EWZ vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	SDY
Return
Measure	EWZ	SDY
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+16.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	SDY
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	SDY
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	SDY
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$11.3bn	$22.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	SDY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	20.4%

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

What they share

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

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 SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.73%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.81%

CHEVRON CORP 2.15%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.94%

PEPSICO INC 1.82%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.79%

TARGET CORP 1.59%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.55%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +16.5%

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.4%

Holdings 59 156

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $21.9bn

EWZ and SDY 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.

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or SDY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and SDY +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or SDY?: SDY 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.
How much do EWZ and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 84% of SDY 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 ↗

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY 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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