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

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

Which is cheaper, EWZ or VOO?

VOO 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.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWZ vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ and VOO 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 $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+13.7%

VOO total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.03%

VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.56 points a year less; both returned +13.7% over a year; VOO is far larger, $1.0tn against $8.6bn.

EWZ vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	VOO
Return
Measure	EWZ	VOO
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	VOO
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	VOO
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	VOO
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.6bn	$1.0tn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	VOO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	39.1%

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 VOO 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 VOO

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 VOO

NVIDIA Corp 8.40%

Apple Inc 7.39%

Microsoft Corp 5.79%

Amazon.com Inc 3.72%

Alphabet Inc 3.07%

Broadcom Inc 2.54%

Alphabet Inc 2.46%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.43%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.7%

Holdings 59 507

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $1.0tn

EWZ and VOO 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.

VOO

VOO 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 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or VOO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or VOO?: VOO 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.
How much do EWZ and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 100% of VOO 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 ↗

VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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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