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ETF comparison

EWT vs IXUS

International Emerging vs International Total.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.4 %

83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWT and IXUS would leave roughly 7.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWT unmatched 92.3% Shared 7.4% IXUS unmatched 92.3%

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
1 positions
Shared
83 positions
In IXUS only
4,406 positions

Side by side

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$12.34B
TTM yield
2.68%
Top-10 conc.
51.5%
IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$58.76B
TTM yield
3.03%
Top-10 conc.
13.6%

Sub-score comparison

41
Cost
93
75
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
41
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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EWT sub-score IXUS

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

Cost difference

IXUS is 52 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $520/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 IXUS.

Top shared holdings

83 shared in total
# Holding In EWT In IXUS Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 19.33% 4.29% 4.29%
2 MediaTek Inc. 7.55% 0.36% 0.36%
3 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 5.64% 0.23% 0.23%
4 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4.09% 0.22% 0.22%
5 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 2.86% 0.13% 0.13%
6 United Microelectronics Corporation 2.25% 0.10% 0.10%
7 ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 2.75% 0.10% 0.10%
8 Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.35% 0.08% 0.08%
9 CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.46% 0.08% 0.08%
10 ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2.20% 0.08% 0.08%
11 UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2.72% 0.07% 0.07%
12 Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.11% 0.07% 0.07%

Only in EWT

1 total
  • YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 0.00%

Only in IXUS

4,406 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
  • ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
  • SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.72%
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
  • Novartis AG 0.68%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
  • Nestle S.A. 0.60%

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.