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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IWM +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or IWM?

IWM 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 IWM overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to IWM's +14.1%; 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 $75.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 2000 ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IWM total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.19%

IWM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWM costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 55.8 points; IWM is 6.4 times larger.

EWT vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	IWM
Return
Measure	EWT	IWM
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	IWM
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	7.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	IWM
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Russell 2000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	IWM
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.19%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$75.5bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	IWM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	3.3%

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

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT IWM

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.83% 0.03%

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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 IWM

JFROG 0.37%

GLAUKOS 0.35%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE 0.35%

MOOG INC CLASS A 0.34%

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.33%

UMB FINANCIAL 0.33%

SM ENERGY 0.32%

10X GENOMICS CLASS A 0.31%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the Russell 2000

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +14.3% (VTWO)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM −0.2 pts vs VTWO

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.19%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 79 1977

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and IWM as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $75.5bn

EWT and IWM 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.

IWM

IWM tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% 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 1,977 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or IWM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IWM +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or IWM?: IWM 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 IWM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 0% of IWM 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 ↗

IWM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWM ↗

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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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