ETF comparison
ASHR vs MCHI
Both International Emerging.
Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF · iShares MSCI China ETF
Holdings overlap
266 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ASHR and MCHI would leave roughly 14.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Holdings data for ASHR covers 43.4% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
MCHI is 6 bps cheaper than ASHR. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for ASHR.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ASHR vs MCHI.
Top shared holdings
266 shared in total| # | Holding | In ASHR | In MCHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD | 1.09% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 2 | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 1.40% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 3 | ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD | 0.49% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 4 | CHINA MERCHANTS BANK COMPANY LTD | 0.67% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 5 | ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD | 0.91% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 6 | CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORP LTD | 0.26% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 7 | CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO LTD | 0.50% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | FOXCONN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CO LTD | 0.40% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 9 | PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD | 1.05% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LTD | 0.34% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY INC LTD | 2.15% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | NAURA TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD | 0.24% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in ASHR
18 total- WUXI LEAD INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO LTD 0.15%
- CHINA RAILWAY SIGNAL & COMMUNICATION CORP LTD 0.10%
- SIEYUAN ELECTRIC CO LTD 0.09%
- RUIJIE NETWORKS CO LTD 0.08%
- NINGBO ZHOUSHAN PORT CO LTD 0.07%
- CHINA NATIONAL URANIUM CO LTD 0.05%
- HUADIAN NEW ENERGY GROUP CORP LTD 0.05%
- CGN POWER CO LTD 0.05%
- CHINA COAL ENERGY COMPANY LTD 0.04%
- HUANENG LANCANG RIVER HYDROPOWER INC 0.04%
Only in MCHI
308 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 13.93%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 9.42%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 4.00%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 2.47%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 2.37%
- MEITUAN 1.98%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 1.97%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 1.87%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 1.84%
- NETEASE, INC. 1.68%
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- MCHI vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 2.4%
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- MCHI vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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