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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or VCIT?

VCIT is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWZ vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to VCIT's −1.8%; 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 $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.5 points; VCIT is 7.7 times larger.

EWZ vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	VCIT
Return
Measure	EWZ	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	VCIT
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008	3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	VCIT
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.6bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	VCIT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWZ and VCIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWZ VCIT

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 VCIT

MKTLIQ 0.58%

Amazon.com Inc 0.29%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Bank of America Corp 0.27%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%

Holdings 59 2340

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $66.6bn

EWZ and VCIT 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.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or VCIT?: VCIT is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWZ ↗

VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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