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EWZ vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $10.3bn for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF and $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

EWZ on its own →URTH on its own →
At a glance
+13.7%
EWZ total return, 1 year
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWZ expense ratio
0.24%
URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; EWZ is 1.2 times larger.

EWZ vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWZURTH
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.7%+13.1%
Drawdown
Below its high25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Brazil 25/50 IndexMSCI World Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.24%
Net assets$10.3bn$8.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.5%27.2%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, EWZ and URTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWZ URTH
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 URTH
APPLE 5.60%
NVIDIA 5.50%
MICROSOFT 4.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%
BROADCOM INC 1.70%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%
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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks the MSCI World
Total return, 1 year +13.7% +13.1%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.4% (ACWI)
Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.3 pts vs ACWI
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%
Holdings 59 1254
Net assets $10.3bn $8.9bn

EWZ and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or URTH?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or URTH?
URTH is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWZ and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Sources and dates
EWZ and URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
EWZ and URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for EWZ ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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