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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ASHR returned +0.5% and MCHI −17.8%.

Which is cheaper, ASHR or MCHI?

MCHI is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ASHR vs MCHI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ASHR and MCHI hold 11% 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 $6.0bn for iShares MSCI China ETF.

MCHI costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points; MCHI is 4.3 times larger.

	ASHR	MCHI
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.59%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$6.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	−17.8%
What it tracks	CSI 300 Index	MSCI China Index
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.6%	41.1%
Below its high	24.4%, high on Feb 17, 2021	39.9%, 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

−17.8%

MCHI total return, 1 year

0.65%

ASHR expense ratio

0.59%

MCHI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ASHR and MCHI hold 11% 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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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ASHR MCHI

KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD 2.20% 0.59%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 2.85% 0.47%

ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD 4.30% 0.33%

CHINA MERCHANTS BANK COMPANY LTD 1.25% 0.32%

CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO LTD 0.89% 0.27%

CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORP LTD 1.30% 0.23%

AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LTD 0.43% 0.22%

FOXCONN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CO LTD 0.56% 0.22%

ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD 1.21% 0.22%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33% 0.21%

EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY INC LTD 2.62% 0.20%

HYGON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 0.87% 0.19%

Only in ASHR

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 1.34%

SUZHOU DONGSHAN PRECISION MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 1.05%

GIGA DEVICE SEMICONDUCTOR INC 0.99%

KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD 0.91%

VICTORY GIANT TECHNOLOGY (HUIZHOU) CO LTD 0.85%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 0.82%

SUZHOU TFC OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CO LTD 0.81%

ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD 0.68%

Only in MCHI

TENCENT HOLDINGS 13.48%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 9.35%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 4.34%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 2.63%

XIAOMI 2.16%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 2.15%

MEITUAN 1.86%

NETEASE 1.75%

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On the same fields

ASHR

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

MCHI

iShares MSCI China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Xtrackers iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +0.5% −17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −16.7 pts −35.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 520 579

Net assets $1.4bn $6.0bn

ASHR and MCHI 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.

MCHI in plain words

MCHI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 579 positions, with the top ten at 41.1%. It sat 39.9% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ASHR or MCHI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ASHR returned +0.5% and MCHI −17.8%.
Which is cheaper, ASHR or MCHI?: MCHI is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ASHR and MCHI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ASHR and 0% of MCHI 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 ↗MCHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MCHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for MCHI ↗

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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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