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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to ITOT's +13.4%; 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 $97.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.5 points; ITOT is 8.2 times larger.

EWT vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	ITOT
Return
Measure	EWT	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	ITOT
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	ITOT
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	ITOT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	33.9%

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

What they share

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

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.83% 0.00%

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 ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +13.4%

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 79 2443

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $97.1bn

EWT and ITOT 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.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 88% of ITOT 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 ↗

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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