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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and SPYG +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or SPYG?

SPYG is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWZ vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to SPYG's +12.2%; 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 $55.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; SPYG is 4.9 times larger.

EWZ vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	SPYG
Return
Measure	EWZ	SPYG
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	SPYG
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008	4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	SPYG
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$11.3bn	$55.3bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	SPYG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	59.6%

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

What they share

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

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 SPYG

NVIDIA CORP 14.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%

APPLE INC 7.01%

ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%

BROADCOM INC 4.51%

ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 100.0%

Holdings 59 152

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYG as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $55.9bn

EWZ and SPYG 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.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or SPYG?: SPYG is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWZ and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 100% of SPYG 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 ↗

SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYG 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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