ETF comparison
EWZ vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWZ and VXUS would leave roughly 1.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 54 bps cheaper than EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for EWZ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EWZ vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWZ | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 11.50% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 8.48% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 3 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 7.28% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 4 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 6.70% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 3.33% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 6 | ITAUSA S.A. | 2.62% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 3.57% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | WEG S.A. | 3.05% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | AMBEV S.A. | 3.19% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 2.64% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. | 2.68% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP | 2.87% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in EWZ
5 total- Nu Holdings Ltd. 8.71%
- XP Inc. 1.31%
- JBS N.V. 1.01%
- AXIA Energia S.A. 0.65%
- StoneCo Ltd. 0.26%
Only in VXUS
8,695 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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