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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VXUS +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or VXUS?

VXUS is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWZ vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to VXUS's +13.8%; 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 $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+13.8%

VXUS total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.05%

VXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXUS costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; VXUS is 19.0 times larger.

EWZ vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	VXUS
Return
Measure	EWZ	VXUS
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.8%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	VXUS
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008	5.1%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	VXUS
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	VXUS
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.6bn	$163.2bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	VXUS
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	14.6%

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 VXUS 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 VXUS

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07% 0.09%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39% 0.04%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27% 0.04%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 3.08% 0.03%

WEG 3.13% 0.03%

AMBEV SA 2.99% 0.03%

EMBRAER 2.80% 0.03%

EQUATORIAL SA 1.75% 0.02%

BANCO DO BRASIL SA 1.23% 0.02%

VIBRA ENERGIA SA 1.49% 0.02%

LOCALIZA RENT A CAR 1.18% 0.01%

CIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA COPEL 1.18% 0.01%

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%

BCO BTG PACTUAL UNT SA 2.94%

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 2.56%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 2.49%

PETRO RIO 2.40%

Only in VXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.27%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.03%

SK hynix Inc 1.67%

SLCMT1142 1.66%

ASML Holding NV 1.55%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.76%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76%

Roche Holding AG 0.66%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks an index of Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +13.8%

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 59 8913

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $163.2bn

EWZ and VXUS 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.

VXUS

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8,913 positions, with the top ten at 14.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or VXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VXUS +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or VXUS?: VXUS is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWZ and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 0% of VXUS 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 ↗

VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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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