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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and FXI −19.1%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or FXI?

DVY is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to FXI's −19.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

−19.1%

FXI total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DVY costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 36.2 points; DVY is 6.4 times larger.

DVY vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	FXI
Return
Measure	DVY	FXI
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	−19.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	FXI
Below its high		32.7%, high on Feb 17, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	FXI
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	FTSE China 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	FXI
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.73%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$23.5bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	FXI
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	58.4%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and FXI 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 DVY FXI

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

Only in FXI

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 9.81%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 8.63%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 8.60%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 6.69%

XIAOMI 4.86%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 4.76%

MEITUAN 4.58%

NETEASE 3.85%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

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

Total return, 1 year +17.1% −19.1%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.73%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 0.0%

Holdings 101 51

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and FXI as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $3.7bn

DVY and FXI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

FXI

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −19.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% 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 51 positions, with the top ten at 58.4%. It sat 32.7% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or FXI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and FXI −19.1%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or FXI?: DVY is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY and FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

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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