Franklin FTSE China ETF
$21.04−0.38 (−1.79%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.19%
- Fund size
- $320M
- 1Y return
- −13.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.39%
- Holdings
- 967
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $21.32
- 52W range
The ETF.net FLCH Grade
Score 78 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.AScore 97Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 91Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 58Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 59Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 65Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 68Category rank
Our read on FLCH
ACheap and wide, in the best way. FLCH holds roughly a thousand Chinese stocks and charges 0.19% a year, a fraction of what most single-country China funds ask. Whole market, small toll.
The Fund seeks investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE China RIC Capped Index.
Why people hold it
- 0.19% a year, against a roughly 0.70% median for China funds. It also undercuts the category stalwarts MCHI and GXC, both at 0.59%.
- About 1,000 holdings, so you own the long tail of Chinese listings rather than a short list of mega-cap headline names.
- One job, done tightly: mirror the FTSE China RIC Capped Index before fees. On tracking it ranks among the strongest builds in its China peer group.sec.gov
Worth knowing
- It is China or nothing. Policy shifts, regulatory news and the currency drive the ride, with no other market in the basket to cushion it.
- Mid-sized and only moderately traded next to the category's giants, so bid-ask spreads can bite more on larger orders.
- Cash comes once or twice a year, not monthly. This is an equity index vehicle, not an income schedule.
FLCH Holdings
- Stocks
- 967
- 38%
- 0700.HK
Sectors
- Consumer Discr.22.6%
- Financials19.7%
- Communication14.3%
- Technology12.9%
- Industrials7.7%
- Health Care6.6%
- Materials6.0%
- Energy3.5%
- Cons. Staples3.2%
- Utilities2.0%
- Real Estate1.6%
Geography
- China91.37%
- Hong Kong4.50%
- Ireland2.10%
- Singapore0.92%
- Switzerland0.78%
- Canada0.24%
- Taiwan (Province of China)0.08%
Developed 9% · Emerging 91%
FLCH 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 | FLCH |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −9.4% |
| 1 month | −2.6% |
| 3 months | +1.3% |
| 1 year | −13.9% |
| 3 years | +10.2% |
| 5 years | −1.9% |
| 10 years | — |
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 | FLCH |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −9.4% | |
| 2025 | +32.5% | |
| 2024 | +18.0% | |
| 2023 | −11.2% | |
| 2022 | −22.8% | |
| 2021 | −20.9% | |
| 2020 | +30.1% |
FLCH in the news
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FLCH Dividends
- 2.39%
- $0.51
- $0.14 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.37 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 | $0.37 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 27, 2023 | $0.19 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | $0.36 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 28, 2022 | $0.14 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | $0.34 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | $0.03 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 | $0.25 |
FLCH Risk
- 20.8%
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.
- 0.34
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.
- −49.4%
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.
- 0.54
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FLCH Cost
- The middle half of China funds
- Median 0.65%
1 of the 28 China funds charge less.