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EWT vs FLTW: Differences, Returns & Fees

EWT and FLTW hold 79% of their weight in the same names, and FLTW returned +88.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $12.5bn for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF and $4.9bn for Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF.

FLTW costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points; EWT is 2.6 times larger.

EWTFLTW
Expense ratio0.59%0.19%
Net assets$12.5bn$4.9bn
Total return, 1 year+84.5%+88.8%
What it tracksMSCI Taiwan 25/50 Indexnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common79%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund49.4%54.1%
Below its high3.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+84.5%
EWT total return, 1 year
+88.8%
FLTW total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWT expense ratio
0.19%
FLTW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and FLTW hold 79% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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79% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EWT FLTW
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 21.90% 19.84%
MEDIATEK 6.65% 9.14%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.94% 5.51%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.10% 4.48%
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 3.04% 3.30%
ELITE MATERIAL 2.21% 2.48%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.28% 2.07%
YAGEO 1.64% 2.62%
FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.65% 1.58%
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY 1.53% 1.81%
CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.42% 1.84%
CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.25% 1.37%
Only in EWT
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 2.06%
HONPRECISION INC 0.69%
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCT 0.57%
TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDI 0.55%
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY LTD 0.52%
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL 0.47%
SINOPAC FIN HOLDINGS CO LTD DUMMY 0.01%
FTSE TAIWAN OCT 26 0.00%
Only in FLTW
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 2.81%
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORP 0.38%
TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LTD 0.38%
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 0.38%
NAN YA PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CORP 0.37%
POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC 0.34%
TRIPOD TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.33%
UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES COMPANY LTD 0.32%

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On the same fields

EWT
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
FLTW
Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Franklin
What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +84.5% +88.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +67.2 pts +71.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.19%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 78 133
Net assets $12.5bn $4.9bn

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

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.

FLTW in plain words

FLTW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +88.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 133 positions, with the top ten at 54.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or FLTW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +84.5% and FLTW +88.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or FLTW?
FLTW is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and FLTW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 0% of FLTW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EWT ↗FLTW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLTW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Franklin website ↗

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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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