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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XLB +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or XLB?

XLB is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 100% of XLB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to XLB's +18.5%; 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 $8.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+18.5%

XLB total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.08%

XLB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLB costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 51.4 points; EWT is 1.5 times larger.

EWT vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	XLB
Return
Measure	EWT	XLB
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+18.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	XLB
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	XLB
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Materials Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	XLB
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$8.1bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	XLB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	58.5%

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

What they share

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

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 XLB

LINDE PLC 12.96%

NEWMONT CORP 6.56%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 5.23%

ECOLAB INC 4.98%

VULCAN MATERIALS CO 4.89%

NUCOR CORP 4.89%

AIR PRODUCTS + CHEMICALS INC 4.84%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 4.77%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF XLB State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Materials

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +18.5%

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% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 79 25

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLB as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $8.1bn

EWT and XLB 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.

XLB

XLB tracks an index of Materials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 25 positions, with the top ten at 58.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or XLB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XLB +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or XLB?: XLB is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and XLB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 100% of XLB 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 ↗

XLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLB 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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