Which returned more over the last year, EZU or GARP?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EZU returned +7.1% and GARP +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, EZU or GARP?

GARP 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 EZU and GARP overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EZU and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EZU vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EZU returned +7.1% to GARP's +18.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $9.2bn for iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF and $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

EZU total return, 1 year

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

0.50%

EZU expense ratio

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; EZU is 2.6 times larger.

EZU vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EZU	GARP
Return
Measure	EZU	GARP
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	EZU	GARP
Below its high	8.7%, high on Aug 14, 2026	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EZU	GARP
What it tracks	MSCI EMU Index	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index
Cost and size
Measure	EZU	GARP
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$9.2bn	$3.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EZU	GARP
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.5%	43.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EZU and GARP 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 EZU GARP

HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG 0.30% 0.07%

NEMETSCHEK 0.07% 0.21%

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Only in EZU

ASML HOLDING 8.79%

SAP 3.33%

SIEMENS N AG 2.97%

ALLIANZ 2.55%

BANCO SANTANDER 2.48%

TOTALENERGIES 2.48%

IBERDROLA 2.10%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 2.05%

Only in GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

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Side by side

EZU iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Eurozone Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +13.3% (PBUS)

Gap to its benchmark −7.2 pts vs ACWX +4.7 pts vs PBUS

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.4%

Holdings 216 131

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $9.2bn $3.6bn

EZU and GARP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

EZU

EZU tracks the MSCI Eurozone. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% 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 216 positions, with the top ten at 30.5%. It sat 8.7% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EZU or GARP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EZU returned +7.1% and GARP +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, EZU or GARP?: GARP 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 EZU and GARP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EZU and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EZU on its own →GARP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EZU dividend history →EZU holdings →GARP dividend history →GARP holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EZU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EZU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EZU ↗

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

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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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