iShares MSCI China A ETF
$35.01−0.55 (−1.55%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $212M
- 1Y return
- +7.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.82%
- Holdings
- 417
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $35.88
- 52W range
The ETF.net CNYA Grade
Score 74 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 66Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 88Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 67Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 70Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 84Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 77Category rank
Our read on CNYA
AMost China ETFs buy the offshore listings. CNYA goes onshore, owning the Shanghai and Shenzhen A-shares that mainland investors trade, through an MSCI index built around the Stock Connect channel.
The Fund seeks to track an index of domestic Chinese equities traded on the Shanghai or Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Why people hold it
- Onshore, not offshore: the index is built from domestic Chinese equities listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen, a different company mix from the Hong Kong-listed China funds.ishares.com
- At 0.60%, the fee undercuts the typical single-country China fund.
- About 400 mainland names, and the fund has stayed unusually close to its index versus its China peer group.
- Running since 2016 on an MSCI index designed to follow the phased entry of A-shares into the emerging markets benchmark.msci.com
Worth knowing
- Access runs through Stock Connect: the index covers only A-shares reachable via that channel, not the entire mainland market.msci.commsci.com
- Cheaper China options exist (JCHI at 0.15%, FLCH at 0.19%), but they buy offshore-listed shares rather than mainland ones.msci.com
- A smaller, moderately traded fund, so bid-ask spreads carry more weight here than with the largest China ETFs.
CNYA Holdings
- Stocks
- 417
- 18%
- 600519.SS
Sectors
- Technology32.2%
- Financials18.7%
- Industrials13.4%
- Materials12.2%
- Cons. Staples6.6%
- Consumer Discr.4.8%
- Health Care4.2%
- Energy3.4%
- Utilities3.1%
- Communication1.1%
- Real Estate0.4%
Geography
- China99.95%
- United States0.05%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
CNYA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
CNYA$10,764
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | CNYA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +3.1% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | −8.0% |
| 1 year | +7.6% |
| 3 years | +11.0% |
| 5 years | −1.0% |
| 10 years | +5.2% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | CNYA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +3.1% | |
| 2025 | +26.5% | |
| 2024 | +10.8% | |
| 2023 | −13.7% | |
| 2022 | −26.5% | |
| 2021 | +3.5% | |
| 2020 | +41.5% |
CNYA in the news
CNYA Dividends
- 1.82%
- $0.65
- $0.10 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.55 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.62 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $1.03 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.06 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.77 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.07 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.41 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.07 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.35 |
CNYA Risk
- 19.1%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.41
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −44.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.60
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CNYA Cost
0.60%
CNYA0.60%
- The middle half of China funds
- Median 0.65%
9 of the 28 China funds charge less.