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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWH returned +7.3% and MCHI −17.8%.

Which is cheaper, EWH or MCHI?

EWH is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EWH vs MCHI: Differences, Returns & Fees

EWH and MCHI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EWH returned +7.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.2bn for iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF and $6.0bn for iShares MSCI China ETF.

EWH costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.1 points; MCHI is 5.1 times larger.

	EWH	MCHI
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.59%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$6.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.3%	−17.8%
What it tracks	MSCI Hong Kong 25/50 Index	MSCI China Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	70.0%	41.1%
Below its high	8.7%, high on May 13, 2026	39.9%, high on Feb 17, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+7.3%

EWH total return, 1 year

−17.8%

MCHI total return, 1 year

0.50%

EWH expense ratio

0.59%

MCHI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EWH and MCHI 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EWH MCHI

Only in EWH

AIA GROUP 22.61%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 14.10%

CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS 5.77%

BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 4.60%

CLP HOLDINGS 4.55%

TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY-100 4.40%

SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LTD 4.24%

LINK REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 3.57%

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

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

MCHI

iShares MSCI China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.3% −17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.9 pts −35.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 29 579

Net assets $1.2bn $6.0bn

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

EWH in plain words

EWH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% 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 29 positions, with the top ten at 70.0%. It sat 8.7% below its high of May 13, 2026 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, EWH or MCHI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWH returned +7.3% and MCHI −17.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWH or MCHI?: EWH is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWH and MCHI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWH and 0% of MCHI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EWH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EWH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EWH ↗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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