Which returned more over the last year, ASHR or EWT?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ASHR returned +0.5% and EWT +84.5%.

Which is cheaper, ASHR or EWT?

EWT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ASHR and EWT overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ASHR vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees

ASHR and EWT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EWT returned +84.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.4bn for Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF and $12.5bn for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF.

EWT costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 84.0 points; EWT is 9.1 times larger.

	ASHR	EWT
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.59%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$12.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+84.5%
What it tracks	CSI 300 Index	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.6%	49.4%
Below its high	24.4%, high on Feb 17, 2021	3.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+0.5%

ASHR total return, 1 year

+84.5%

EWT total return, 1 year

0.65%

ASHR expense ratio

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ASHR and EWT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ASHR EWT

Only in ASHR

ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD 4.30%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 2.85%

EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY INC LTD 2.62%

KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD 2.20%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 1.34%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33%

CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORP LTD 1.30%

MIDEA GROUP CO LTD 1.25%

Only in EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 21.90%

MEDIATEK 6.65%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.94%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.10%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 3.04%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.46%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.28%

ELITE MATERIAL 2.21%

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On the same fields

ASHR

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Xtrackers iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Taiwan

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +84.5%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −16.7 pts +67.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 520 78

Net assets $1.4bn $12.5bn

ASHR and EWT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ASHR in plain words

ASHR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +0.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 520 positions, with the top ten at 19.6%. It sat 24.4% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

EWT in plain words

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +84.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 78 positions, with the top ten at 49.4%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ASHR or EWT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ASHR returned +0.5% and EWT +84.5%.
Which is cheaper, ASHR or EWT?: EWT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ASHR and EWT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ASHR and 0% of EWT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ASHR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ASHR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EWT ↗

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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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