iShares MSCI China ETF
$53.24−1.01 (−1.86%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $6.2B
- 1Y return
- −14.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.02%
- Holdings
- 578
- Volume · 30D
- 2.7M sh
- NAV per share
- $54.16
- 52W range
The ETF.net MCHI Grade
Score 77 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 76Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 56Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 87Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 60Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 90Category rank
Our read on MCHI
AThe default one-ticker way to own China. MCHI has tracked the MSCI China Index since 2011, holding roughly 600 stocks open to international investors, and it stays actively traded.
The fund seeks to track an index of Chinese equities available to international investors.
Why people hold it
- One ticker, roughly 600 Chinese stocks. Instead of picking among share classes and listings, you get the MSCI China Index (Net) in a single line item.ishares.com
- 0.59% expense ratio, below the middle of the single-country China pack, and the fund has hewed closely to its stated index mandate.
- Running since 2011 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which is why it turns up as the reference China holding in so many portfolios.
- One of the stronger implementations in its peer group on tradability and staying power, both scored in the top tier of the China cohort.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper broad-China options exist: FLCH charges 0.19% and JPMorgan's active JCHI 0.15%. You are paying up for MCHI's depth and liquidity.
- Single-country equity risk, undiluted. Chinese regulation, currency and policy swings hit the whole basket at once, and the index leans heavily on its biggest names.
- Distributions come once or twice a year, not monthly, so cash flow arrives in lumps.
MCHI Holdings
- Stocks
- 578
- 41%
- 0700.HK
Sectors
- Consumer Discr.23.4%
- Financials20.0%
- Communication18.2%
- Technology11.9%
- Health Care6.0%
- Materials5.8%
- Industrials5.0%
- Energy3.8%
- Cons. Staples2.9%
- Utilities1.6%
- Real Estate1.5%
Geography
- China88.99%
- Hong Kong6.80%
- Ireland1.65%
- Singapore1.05%
- Switzerland0.88%
- Canada0.31%
- Australia0.22%
- United States0.10%
Developed 11% · Emerging 89%
MCHI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
MCHI$8,580
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 | MCHI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −9.1% |
| 1 month | −2.5% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | −14.2% |
| 3 years | +10.0% |
| 5 years | −2.3% |
| 10 years | +2.7% |
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 | MCHI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −9.1% | |
| 2025 | +31.0% | |
| 2024 | +17.7% | |
| 2023 | −11.2% | |
| 2022 | −22.8% | |
| 2021 | −21.7% | |
| 2020 | +27.8% |
MCHI in the news
MCHI Dividends
- 2.02%
- $1.10
- $0.36 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.74 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.54 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.89 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.99 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.43 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.71 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.31 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.48 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.18 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.60 |
MCHI Risk
- 20.9%
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.
- 0.32
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.
- −50.4%
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.
- 0.63
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MCHI Cost
0.59%
MCHI0.59%
- The middle half of China funds
- Median 0.65%
4 of the 28 China funds charge less.