ETF comparison
MCHI vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI China ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
561 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MCHI and VWO would leave roughly 20.3% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO is 53 bps cheaper than MCHI. On a $100,000 position that's about $530/yr more in fees for MCHI.
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 MCHI vs VWO.
Top shared holdings
561 shared in total| # | Holding | In MCHI | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 13.21% | 3.31% | 3.31% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 10.14% | 2.41% | 2.41% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 3.97% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 4 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 2.10% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 5 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 2.28% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 6 | MEITUAN | 1.84% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 2.35% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 8 | NETEASE, INC. | 1.63% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 9 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 1.96% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 10 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 1.80% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 11 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 1.63% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 12 | JD.COM, INC. | 1.31% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
Only in MCHI
15 total- Lenovo Group Limited 0.94%
- H World Group Limited 0.34%
- SHENZHOU INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.19%
- MMG Limited 0.18%
- AAC TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC. 0.17%
- Zijin Gold International Co Ltd 0.13%
- CHOW TAI FOOK JEWELLERY GROUP LIMITED 0.10%
- Midea Group Co., Ltd. 0.10%
- ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 0.09%
- Hesai Group 0.08%
Only in VWO
4,419 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd 0.55%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.49%
- Vale SA 0.46%
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/methodology/.
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