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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and GARP +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or GARP?

GARP is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to GARP's +18.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF, and $3.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 51.9 points; EWT is 3.3 times larger.

EWT vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	GARP
Return
Measure	EWT	GARP
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	GARP
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	GARP
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	GARP
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$3.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	GARP
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	43.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and GARP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT GARP

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12%

MEDIATEK 6.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.86%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88%

Only in GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.3% (PBUS)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +4.7 pts vs PBUS

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.4%

Holdings 79 131

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and GARP as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $3.6bn

EWT and GARP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

EWT

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +69.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or GARP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and GARP +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or GARP?: GARP is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and GARP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

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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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