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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to VLUE's +54.7%; 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 $9.4bn for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.2 points; EWT is 1.3 times larger.

EWT vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	VLUE
Return
Measure	EWT	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	VLUE
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	VLUE
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.15%
Net assets	$12.0bn	$9.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	VLUE
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	42.8%

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

What they share

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

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 VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +54.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 96.6%

Holdings 79 148

Net assets $12.0bn $9.4bn

EWT and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 97% of VLUE 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 ↗

VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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