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ETF comparison

EWT vs VWO

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
26.8 %

76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWT and VWO would leave roughly 26.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWT unmatched 72.7% Shared 26.8% VWO unmatched 68.7%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In EWT only
2 positions
Shared
76 positions
In VWO only
4,904 positions

Side by side

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$11.05B
TTM yield
2.97%
Top-10 conc.
47.0%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$153.78B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.16%
Top-10 conc.
27.4%

Sub-score comparison

41
Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
47
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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EWT sub-score VWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VWO is 53 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $530/yr more in fees for EWT.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EWT vs VWO.

Top shared holdings

76 shared in total
# Holding In EWT In VWO Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 20.31% 15.56% 15.56%
2 MediaTek Inc. 6.05% 1.36% 1.36%
3 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 3.97% 0.82% 0.82%
4 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3.35% 0.81% 0.81%
5 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 2.62% 0.49% 0.49%
6 ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 2.40% 0.36% 0.36%
7 United Microelectronics Corporation 1.94% 0.31% 0.31%
8 CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.47% 0.30% 0.30%
9 Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.67% 0.29% 0.29%
10 ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1.62% 0.28% 0.28%
11 UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2.20% 0.27% 0.27%
12 Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.35% 0.26% 0.26%

Only in EWT

2 total
  • HonPrecision Inc 0.73%
  • YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 0.00%

Only in VWO

4,904 total
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
  • Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.66%
  • PDD Holdings Inc 0.59%
  • Meituan 0.56%
  • Xiaomi Corp 0.55%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.