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

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

Which is cheaper, EWT or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to IXUS's +14.1%; 8% 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 $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 55.8 points; IXUS is 4.9 times larger.

EWT vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	IXUS
Return
Measure	EWT	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	IXUS
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	IXUS
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	IXUS
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	13.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and IXUS hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12% 4.39%

MEDIATEK 6.03% 0.43%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25% 0.22%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31% 0.22%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.86% 0.16%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54% 0.11%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04% 0.11%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88% 0.10%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.87% 0.10%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 1.84% 0.10%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.70% 0.09%

ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS 1.72% 0.08%

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Only in EWT

FTSE TAIWAN NOV 26 0.00%

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE 0.00%

YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. 0.00%

Only in IXUS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +14.1%

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

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

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 79 4584

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $57.6bn

EWT and IXUS 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.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 0% of IXUS 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) ↗

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IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

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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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