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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IGM +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or IGM?

IGM is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to IGM's +21.7%; 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 $11.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IGM costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 48.2 points; EWT is 1.1 times larger.

EWT vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	IGM
Return
Measure	EWT	IGM
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	IGM
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	IGM
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	IGM
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$11.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	IGM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	56.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and IGM 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 IGM

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 IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

ALPHABET CLASS A 4.57%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +21.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.9%

Holdings 79 295

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and IGM as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $11.0bn

EWT and IGM 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.

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or IGM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IGM +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or IGM?: IGM is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 92% of IGM 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 ↗

IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

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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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