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EWT vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $12.0bn for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF and $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

EWT on its own →URTH on its own →
At a glance
+69.9%
EWT total return, 1 year
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWT expense ratio
0.24%
URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.8 points; EWT is 1.3 times larger.

EWT vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWTURTH
Return
Total return, 1 year+69.9%+13.1%
Drawdown
Below its high7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Taiwan 25/50 IndexMSCI World Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.24%
Net assets$12.0bn$8.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund47.7%27.2%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and URTH 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 URTH
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 URTH
APPLE 5.60%
NVIDIA 5.50%
MICROSOFT 4.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%
BROADCOM INC 1.70%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%
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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the MSCI World
Total return, 1 year +69.9% +13.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.4% (ACWI)
Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM −0.3 pts vs ACWI
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%
Holdings 79 1254
Net assets $12.0bn $8.9bn

EWT and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or URTH?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or URTH?
URTH is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Sources and dates
EWT and URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
EWT and URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for EWT ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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