iShares China Large-Cap ETF
$34.38−0.61 (−1.76%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.73%
- Fund size
- $4.2B
- 1Y return
- −12.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.94%
- Holdings
- 50
- Volume · 30D
- 23.6M sh
- NAV per share
- $35.00
- 52W range
The ETF.net FXI Grade
Score 59 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.DScore 34Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 71Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 59Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 97Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 38Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 88Category rank
Our read on FXI
BThe old-guard China trade: since 2004, FXI has held about 50 of the largest Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong, and it is built for heavy, fast trading more than for lowest-cost buy-and-hold.
The fund seeks to track an index of large-capitalization Chinese equities traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Why people hold it
- One of the longest-running US-listed China funds, trading since 2004, with two decades of history through China's booms and busts.
- Very actively traded, which is why it is a common vehicle for quick, sizable China positioning rather than a thinly traded niche listing.
- Plain index mechanics: it tracks the FTSE China 50 Index closely, with no leverage or derivative overlays bolted on.ishares.com
- Stands in the upper half of the roughly two dozen US-listed single-country China funds on our overall assessment.
Worth knowing
- At 0.73% a year it sits slightly above the China-fund median, and cheaper index alternatives exist, including FLCH at 0.19% and MCHI at 0.59%.
- Concentrated by design: about 50 names, all Hong Kong listings, so mainland-listed A-shares fall outside the mandate.ishares.com
- A single-country equity fund tied to one market, and it distributes once or twice a year rather than monthly.
FXI Holdings
- Stocks
- 50
- 58%
- 9988.HK
Sectors
- Financials37.5%
- Consumer Discr.25.6%
- Communication15.2%
- Technology5.9%
- Energy4.9%
- Materials3.6%
- Health Care3.0%
- Industrials2.4%
- Real Estate0.9%
- Cons. Staples0.8%
- Utilities0.3%
Geography
- China94.43%
- Singapore2.12%
- Switzerland1.83%
- Hong Kong1.60%
- United States0.03%
Developed 6% · Emerging 94%
FXI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FXI$8,770
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 | FXI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −7.9% |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 1 year | −12.3% |
| 3 years | +11.6% |
| 5 years | +0.1% |
| 10 years | +1.4% |
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 | FXI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −7.9% | |
| 2025 | +28.9% | |
| 2024 | +28.9% | |
| 2023 | −11.9% | |
| 2022 | −20.7% | |
| 2021 | −20.0% | |
| 2020 | +8.9% |
FXI in the news
FXI Dividends
- 1.94%
- $0.68
- $0.26 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.42 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.51 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.45 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.61 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.30 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.59 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.15 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.43 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.15 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.68 |
FXI Risk
- 21.5%
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.
- −49.7%
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.
- 0.47
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FXI Cost
0.73%
FXI0.73%
- The middle half of China funds
- Median 0.65%
18 of the 28 China funds charge less.