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

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

Which is cheaper, EWZ or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWZ vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ and SPYM 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 $185.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.57 points a year less; both returned +13.7% over a year; SPYM is 16.2 times larger.

EWZ vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	SPYM
Return
Measure	EWZ	SPYM
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	SPYM
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	SPYM
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$11.3bn	$183.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	SPYM
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 SPYM 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 SPYM

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 SPYM

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.92%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.44%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

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

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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 +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.02%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 59 506

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $185.0bn

Former ticker none SPLG

EWZ and SPYM 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.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% 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 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWZ and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 100% of SPYM 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 ↗

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYM 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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