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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XRT +2.4%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or XRT?

XRT 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 XRT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 22% of XRT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs XRT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to XRT's +2.4%; 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 $362m on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+2.4%

XRT total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.35%

XRT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XRT costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 67.5 points; EWT is far larger, $11.8bn against $362m.

EWT vs XRT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	XRT
Return
Measure	EWT	XRT
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+2.4%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	XRT
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	9.9%, high on Nov 16, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	XRT
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	S&P Retail Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	XRT
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$362m
Holdings
Measure	EWT	XRT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	16.6%

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

What they share

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

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 XRT

KOHLS CORP 1.85%

MAPLEBEAR INC 1.76%

BATH + BODY WORKS INC 1.69%

ETSY INC 1.68%

VICTORIA S SECRET + CO 1.66%

BJ S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS 1.62%

GAMESTOP CORP CLASS A 1.60%

OLLIE S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDI 1.60%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF XRT State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +2.4%

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% 22.5%

Holdings 79 74

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and XRT as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $362m

EWT and XRT 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.

XRT

XRT tracks the S&P Retail. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 74 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Nov 16, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or XRT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and XRT +2.4%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or XRT?: XRT 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 XRT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 22% of XRT 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 ↗

XRT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XRT 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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