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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLTW returned +88.8% and MCHI −17.8%.

Which is cheaper, FLTW or MCHI?

FLTW is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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FLTW vs MCHI: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLTW and MCHI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and FLTW returned +88.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $4.9bn for Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF and $6.0bn for iShares MSCI China ETF.

FLTW costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 106.6 points; MCHI is 1.2 times larger.

	FLTW	MCHI
Expense ratio	0.19%	0.59%
Net assets	$4.9bn	$6.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+88.8%	−17.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI China Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	54.1%	41.1%
Below its high	3.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026	39.9%, high on Feb 17, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+88.8%

FLTW total return, 1 year

−17.8%

MCHI total return, 1 year

0.19%

FLTW expense ratio

0.59%

MCHI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FLTW 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FLTW MCHI

Only in FLTW

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 19.84%

MEDIATEK INC 9.14%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 5.51%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD 4.48%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LTD 3.30%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 2.81%

YAGEO CORP 2.62%

ELITE MATERIAL COMPANY LTD 2.48%

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

FLTW

Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF

MCHI

iShares MSCI China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Franklin iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +88.8% −17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +71.5 pts −35.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.19% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 133 579

Net assets $4.9bn $6.0bn

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

FLTW in plain words

FLTW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +88.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 133 positions, with the top ten at 54.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 5, 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, FLTW or MCHI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLTW returned +88.8% and MCHI −17.8%.
Which is cheaper, FLTW or MCHI?: FLTW is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FLTW and MCHI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FLTW and 0% of MCHI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FLTW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLTW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Franklin 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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