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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or VO?

VO is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to VO's +12.8%; 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 $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 57.1 points; VO is 8.4 times larger.

EWT vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	VO
Return
Measure	EWT	VO
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	VO
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	VO
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	VO
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.3bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	VO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	9.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and VO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT VO

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 VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +12.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.1%

Holdings 79 273

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $12.0bn $103.4bn

EWT and VO 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.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or VO?: VO is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 91% of VO 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 ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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