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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or RDVY?

RDVY is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to RDVY's +17.6%; 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 $25.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RDVY costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 52.3 points; RDVY is 2.2 times larger.

EWT vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	RDVY
Return
Measure	EWT	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	RDVY
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	RDVY
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	22.1%

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

What they share

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

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 RDVY

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%

Microsoft Corporation 2.22%

Accenture plc 2.19%

The Allstate Corporation 2.17%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%

Holdings 79 72

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $25.4bn

EWT and RDVY 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.

RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 22.1%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or RDVY?: RDVY is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 94% of RDVY 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 ↗

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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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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