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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWH returned +7.3% and EWT +84.5%.

Which is cheaper, EWH or EWT?

EWH is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EWH vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees

EWH 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: $1.2bn for iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF and $12.5bn for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF.

EWH costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 77.2 points; EWT is 10.6 times larger.

	EWH	EWT
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.59%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$12.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.3%	+84.5%
What it tracks	MSCI Hong Kong 25/50 Index	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	70.0%	49.4%
Below its high	8.7%, high on May 13, 2026	3.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+7.3%

EWH total return, 1 year

+84.5%

EWT total return, 1 year

0.50%

EWH expense ratio

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EWH 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EWH EWT

Only in EWH

AIA GROUP 22.61%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 14.10%

CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS 5.77%

BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 4.60%

CLP HOLDINGS 4.55%

TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY-100 4.40%

SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LTD 4.24%

LINK REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 3.57%

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

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Taiwan

Total return, 1 year +7.3% +84.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.9 pts +67.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 29 78

Net assets $1.2bn $12.5bn

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

EWH in plain words

EWH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% 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 29 positions, with the top ten at 70.0%. It sat 8.7% below its high of May 13, 2026 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, EWH or EWT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWH returned +7.3% and EWT +84.5%.
Which is cheaper, EWH or EWT?: EWH is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWH and EWT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWH and 0% of EWT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EWH and EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EWH and EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EWH ↗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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