iShares MSCI Chile ETF
$39.67−0.57 (−1.43%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $1.0B
- 1Y return
- +22.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.95%
- Holdings
- 26
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $40.22
- 52W range
The ETF.net ECH Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 50Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 68Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 74Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 46Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 77Category rank
Our read on ECH
BOne ticker, one country. Since 2007 ECH has been the iShares route into Chilean equities, tracking the MSCI Chile IMI 25/50 index with a compact basket of roughly 25 stocks.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of Chilean equities and provides targeted exposure to companies in Chile.
Why people hold it
- Launched in 2007 and now a $1B-$5B fund, it is the long-running iShares wrapper for Chile rather than a recent launch chasing a theme.
- The index's 25/50 caps rein in the largest names, so one Chilean heavyweight cannot swallow the whole basket.ishares.com
- Charges 0.59% a year, level with the typical single-country emerging-market fund, and distributes quarterly.
- Moderately traded for such a narrow mandate, and it lands in the upper half of its single-country emerging-market peer group.
Worth knowing
- Around 25 holdings in one small market: a single sector wobble or a Santiago policy headline can move the entire fund.
- Fees sit at the category median, not below it. Cheaper single-country options exist, such as FLMX at 0.19%.
- The shares are priced in dollars while the stocks trade in pesos, so Chilean currency swings ride along with the equities.
ECH Holdings
- Stocks
- 26
- 67%
- SQM-B.SN
Sectors
- Financials26.3%
- Materials17.4%
- Industrials16.2%
- Consumer Discr.13.4%
- Utilities13.3%
- Real Estate7.4%
- Cons. Staples4.1%
- Communication1.9%
Geography
- Chile99.82%
- United States0.18%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
ECH Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | ECH |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.2% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | −1.4% |
| 1 year | +22.4% |
| 3 years | +18.4% |
| 5 years | +12.8% |
| 10 years | +3.8% |
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 | ECH |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.2% | |
| 2025 | +65.4% | |
| 2024 | −8.6% | |
| 2023 | +9.0% | |
| 2022 | +25.2% | |
| 2021 | −19.7% | |
| 2020 | −7.1% |
ECH in the news
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ECH Dividends
- 1.95%
- $0.79
- $0.64 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.64 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.67 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.70 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.18 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $1.17 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.69 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $1.13 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | $0.09 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.68 |
ECH Risk
- 19.7%
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.
- 0.61
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.
- −25.6%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ECH Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Single Country funds
- Median 0.59%
6 of the 21 Emerging Markets Single Country funds charge less.