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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or XLK?

XLK 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 XLK overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to XLK's +27.1%; 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 $125.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLK costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 42.8 points; XLK is 10.6 times larger.

EWT vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	XLK
Return
Measure	EWT	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	XLK
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	XLK
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	XLK
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	XLK
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	64.6%

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

What they share

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

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 XLK

NVIDIA CORP 15.22%

APPLE INC 14.62%

MICROSOFT CORP 11.38%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%

BROADCOM INC 4.70%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.02%

INTEL CORP 2.72%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF XLK State Street Technology 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 Technology

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +27.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.9%

Holdings 79 76

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLK as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $125.0bn

EWT and XLK 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.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. 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 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or XLK?: XLK 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 XLK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 100% of XLK 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 ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK 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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