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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and PFF −4.2%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or PFF?

PFF is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs PFF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to PFF's −4.2%; 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 $11.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

−4.2%

PFF total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.45%

PFF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PFF costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 74.1 points.

EWT vs PFF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	PFF
Return
Measure	EWT	PFF
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	−4.2%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	PFF
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	7.1%, high on May 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	PFF
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	PFF
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.45%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$11.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	PFF
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	22.7%

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

What they share

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

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 PFF

STRATEGY INC 3.53%

BOEING CO 3.11%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.36%

ALPHABET INC 2.31%

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.27%

ALPHABET INC 2.26%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14%

ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities

Total return, 1 year +69.9% −4.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM −17.8 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.45%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 79 453

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $11.8bn

EWT and PFF 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.

PFF

PFF tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% 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 453 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%. It sat 7.1% below its high of May 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or PFF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and PFF −4.2%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or PFF?: PFF is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and PFF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 0% of PFF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EWT on its own →PFF on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EWT dividend history →EWT holdings →PFF dividend history →PFF holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for PFF ↗

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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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