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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +84.5% and MCHI −17.8%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or MCHI?

Neither: EWT and MCHI both charge 0.59% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EWT vs MCHI: Differences, Returns & Fees

EWT and MCHI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EWT returned +84.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $12.5bn for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF and $6.0bn for iShares MSCI China ETF.

Both cost 0.59% a year; their one-year returns differ by 102.3 points; EWT is 2.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	EWT	MCHI
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.59%
Net assets	$12.5bn	$6.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+84.5%	−17.8%
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	MSCI China Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	49.4%	41.1%
Below its high	3.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026	39.9%, high on Feb 17, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+84.5%

EWT total return, 1 year

−17.8%

MCHI total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.59%

MCHI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and MCHI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EWT MCHI

Only in EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 21.90%

MEDIATEK 6.65%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.94%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.10%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 3.04%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.46%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.28%

ELITE MATERIAL 2.21%

Only in MCHI

TENCENT HOLDINGS 13.48%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 9.35%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 4.34%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 2.63%

XIAOMI 2.16%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 2.15%

MEITUAN 1.86%

NETEASE 1.75%

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On the same fields

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

MCHI

iShares MSCI China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +84.5% −17.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +67.2 pts −35.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 78 579

Net assets $12.5bn $6.0bn

EWT and MCHI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EWT in plain words

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +84.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 78 positions, with the top ten at 49.4%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

MCHI in plain words

MCHI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 579 positions, with the top ten at 41.1%. It sat 39.9% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or MCHI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +84.5% and MCHI −17.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or MCHI?: Neither: EWT and MCHI both charge 0.59% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and MCHI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 0% of MCHI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EWT ↗MCHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MCHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for MCHI ↗

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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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