Fund · iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · measured from SEC filings
EWZ holdings
EWZ reports 48 holdings and behaves like 20 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 99.79% at a quoted market price (level 1), 4 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31EWZ's largest investment is Vale SA at 11.5% of net assets. NU Holdings Ltd Cayman Islands and Itau Unibanco Holding SA follow; the three together are 28.68%. Ten companies are 59.28% of the fund; the other 38 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, EWZ behaves like 20 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.1 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings EWZ has become more concentrated: it behaved like 25.2 at 2019-11-30 and 20 at 2026-05-31. Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 2 positions were added and 1 dropped; 4.5% of the weight moved. Brazil is the largest country at 88.54% of the portfolio, across 4 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-30 and 2026-05-31, EWZ went from behaving like 25.2 equally weighted positions to 20 — 21% fewer, while its top ten went from 53.28% to 59.28% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 48 | 20 | 59.28% | 11.62% |
| 2026-02-28 | 48 | 20.6 | 57.66% | 11.26% |
| 2025-11-30 | 47 | 20 | 57.76% | 12.5% |
| 2025-08-31 | 46 | 20.4 | 57.29% | 11.95% |
| 2025-05-31 | 44 | 22.2 | 56.7% | 9.64% |
| 2025-02-28 | 52 | 21.7 | 57.19% | 9.44% |
| 2024-11-30 | 50 | 20.8 | 58.34% | 10.08% |
| 2024-08-31 | 52 | 21.3 | 57.24% | 10.18% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 51 | 20 | 57.74% | 11.93% |
| 2024-02-29 | 51 | 20.6 | 56.62% | 11.7% |
| 2023-11-30 | 50 | 19.8 | 57.61% | 13.61% |
| 2023-08-31 | 49 | 20.6 | 57.48% | 13.07% |
| 2023-05-31 | 52 | 19.8 | 57.95% | 14.55% |
| 2023-02-28 | 51 | 15.6 | 59.9% | 19.44% |
| 2022-11-30 | 52 | 16.2 | 60.06% | 18.85% |
| 2022-08-31 | 50 | 18.9 | 58.36% | 14.8% |
| 2022-05-31 | 51 | 15.7 | 59.67% | 19.17% |
| 2022-02-28 | 53 | 14.9 | 60.71% | 20.09% |
| 2021-11-30 | 56 | 19.7 | 56.8% | 15.37% |
| 2021-08-31 | 55 | 17.6 | 56.98% | 18.01% |
| 2021-05-31 | 56 | 16.9 | 56.79% | 19.01% |
| 2021-02-28 | 56 | 18.5 | 56.84% | 17.49% |
| 2020-11-30 | 58 | 21 | 55.88% | 14.59% |
| 2020-08-31 | 58 | 24.6 | 52.88% | 11.97% |
| 2020-05-31 | 58 | 25.6 | 51.87% | 10.96% |
| 2020-02-29 | 56 | 27.4 | 50.33% | 8.69% |
| 2019-11-30 | 57 | 25.2 | 53.28% | 9.28% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 48 positions in EWZ's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: EWZ.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 11.62% | 11.6% |
| 2 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 8.79% | 20.4% |
| 3 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 8.56% | 29.0% |
| 4 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 7.36% | 36.3% |
| 5 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 6.76% | 43.1% |
| 6 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 3.61% | 46.7% |
| 7 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 3.37% | 50.1% |
| 8 | AMBEV S.A. | 3.23% | 53.3% |
| 9 | WEG S.A. | 3.08% | 56.4% |
| 10 | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP | 2.90% | 59.3% |
| 11 | BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. | 2.70% | 62.0% |
| 12 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 2.66% | 64.6% |
| 13 | ITAUSA S.A. | 2.64% | 67.3% |
| 14 | PRIO S.A. | 2.18% | 69.5% |
| 15 | EMBRAER S.A. | 2.18% | 71.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of EWZ's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Brazil | 88.54% |
| Cayman Islands° | 10.37% |
| Netherlands° | 1.03% |
| United States | 0.06% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of EWZ's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.24 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: EWZ.json · all funds.
Who borrows EWZ's shares
2026-02-28The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-02-28, $285,441 was out to 1 borrower, 0.00% of net assets.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $285,441 | 100.0% |
The filing reports no cash collateral position against this loan. Collateral taken in a form the fund does not hold as a position does not appear in N-PORT, so this is silence rather than absence. What the collateral figure can and cannot show. Every quarter EWZ has filed, with each borrower: EWZ.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3147 positions became 48: 2 added (0.3% of the fund at the later date), 1 dropped (0.2% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 4.5%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of EWZ compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 5.61% | 6.76% | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 9.08% | 8.56% |
| Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 6.25% | 7.36% | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 9.25% | 8.79% |
| PRIO S.A. | 1.73% | 2.18% | SUZANO S.A. | 1.59% | 1.26% |
| VALE S.A. | 11.26% | 11.62% | EMBRAER S.A. | 2.49% | 2.18% |
| AMBEV S.A. | 2.93% | 3.23% | Banco do Brasil S.A | 1.79% | 1.48% |
| GERDAU S.A. | 1.11% | 1.32% | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 3.65% | 3.37% |
New: BRAZILIAN REAL (0.21%), BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agen (0.06%). Gone: ICE Futures Europe - Financial Products Division (0.20%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 93.05% |
| unknown unknown | 4.25% |
| preferred equity EP | 2.64% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.06% |
99.8% of EWZ is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $10.17B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of EWZ (20). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUG Global X Cybersecurity ETF | 31 | 19.8 | 59.72% | 2026-05-31 |
| IXN iShares Global Tech ETF | 140 | 19.9 | 59.56% | 2026-06-30 |
| XLU State Street(R) Utilities Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | 35 | 20 | 57.59% | 2026-06-30 |
| TGRW T. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETF | 81 | 20 | 58.28% | 2026-06-30 |
| OMAH VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | 60 | 20 | 55.37% | 2026-07-31 |
| XLRE State Street(R) Real Estate Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | 33 | 20.3 | 59.3% | 2026-06-30 |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 32 | 20.4 | 61.65% | 2026-06-30 |
| MISL First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF | 40 | 20.4 | 61.64% | 2026-06-30 |
| CTEF Castellan Targeted Equity ETF | 35 | 20.4 | 57.35% | 2026-05-29 |
| DDM ProShares Ultra Dow30 | 45 | 20.4 * | 51.9% | 2026-05-31 |
Essays that examine EWZ
0Mentions are detected across the full text of every article, so an appearance may be a passing comparison rather than the subject. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell — see the disclaimer.