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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VOX −5.7%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or VOX?

VOX is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWZ vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to VOX's −5.7%; 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 $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

−5.7%

VOX total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.09%

VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOX costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.4 points; EWZ is 1.4 times larger.

EWZ vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	VOX
Return
Measure	EWZ	VOX
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−5.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	VOX
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008	10.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	VOX
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	VOX
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.6bn	$6.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	VOX
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	71.1%

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 VOX 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 VOX

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 VOX

Meta Platforms Inc 25.31%

Alphabet Inc 13.97%

Alphabet Inc 7.70%

Walt Disney Co 4.26%

Verizon Communications Inc 4.04%

AT&T Inc 4.04%

Netflix Inc 3.77%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.88%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks an index of Communication Services

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −5.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −5.9% (FCOM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs FCOM

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.3%

Holdings 59 113

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $6.0bn

EWZ and VOX 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.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or VOX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or VOX?: VOX is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWZ and VOX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 84% of VOX 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 ↗

VOX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOX ↗

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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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