Which returned more over the last year, ASHR or FXI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ASHR returned +0.5% and FXI −13.9%.

Which is cheaper, ASHR or FXI?

ASHR is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ASHR and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ASHR vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ASHR and FXI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ASHR returned +0.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.4bn for Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF and $4.0bn for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

ASHR costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.4 points; FXI is 2.9 times larger.

	ASHR	FXI
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.73%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$4.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	−13.9%
What it tracks	CSI 300 Index	FTSE China 50 Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.6%	57.4%
Below its high	24.4%, high on Feb 17, 2021	29.0%, high on Feb 17, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+0.5%

ASHR total return, 1 year

−13.9%

FXI total return, 1 year

0.65%

ASHR expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ASHR and FXI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ASHR FXI

Only in ASHR

ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD 4.30%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 2.85%

EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY INC LTD 2.62%

KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD 2.20%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 1.34%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33%

CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORP LTD 1.30%

MIDEA GROUP CO LTD 1.25%

Only in FXI

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 9.20%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 9.01%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 8.91%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 6.46%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 4.60%

XIAOMI 4.35%

MEITUAN 4.29%

NETEASE 3.90%

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On the same fields

ASHR

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

FXI

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Xtrackers iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of China Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year +0.5% −13.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −16.7 pts −31.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.73%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 520 52

Net assets $1.4bn $4.0bn

ASHR and FXI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ASHR in plain words

ASHR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +0.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 520 positions, with the top ten at 19.6%. It sat 24.4% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

FXI in plain words

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 57.4%. It sat 29.0% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ASHR or FXI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ASHR returned +0.5% and FXI −13.9%.
Which is cheaper, ASHR or FXI?: ASHR is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ASHR and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ASHR and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ASHR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ASHR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for FXI ↗

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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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