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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XHB −8.6%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or XHB?

XHB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to XHB's −8.6%; 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 $1.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

−8.6%

XHB total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.35%

XHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XHB costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 78.5 points; EWT is 7.9 times larger.

EWT vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	XHB
Return
Measure	EWT	XHB
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	−8.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	XHB
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	20.5%, high on Oct 18, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	XHB
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	XHB
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	XHB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	35.4%

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

What they share

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

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 XHB

ALLEGION PLC 3.83%

SHARKNINJA INC 3.76%

WAYFAIR INC CLASS A 3.63%

WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 3.54%

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC 3.49%

MASCO CORP 3.49%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 3.46%

DR HORTON INC 3.41%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF XHB State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the S&P Homebuilders

Total return, 1 year +69.9% −8.6%

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% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 45.7%

Holdings 79 34

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and XHB as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $1.5bn

EWT and XHB 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.

XHB

XHB tracks the S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −8.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 20.5% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or XHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XHB −8.6%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or XHB?: XHB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 46% of XHB 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 ↗

XHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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