iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF (EWK)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index. The EWK ETF contains 45 constituents. It is focused on value holdings in the Europe region.
Price $15.13 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 6.52% |
| Expense ratio | 0.51% |
| Average spread | 0.397% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.907% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -3.7% | -3.0% | 1.4% | -6.0% | -0.8% | -7.4% | 1.1% | -7.5% | -9.4% | 4.8% | -30.5% | ||
| 2021 | -1.3% | -0.2% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 5.1% | -1.8% | -0.4% | 1.4% | -5.3% | 4.2% | -5.2% | 5.1% | 13.1% |
| 2020 | -3.5% | -10.4% | -16.2% | 7.0% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 2.5% | -3.3% | -7.3% | 21.5% | 3.1% | 5.0% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 3.9% | -6.5% | 4.6% | 3.3% | -2.2% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 3.5% | 24.0% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -4.2% | -2.2% | -2.5% | -3.1% | -0.7% | 3.6% | -4.1% | -2.0% | -9.1% | 1.6% | -7.1% | -21.4% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | 0.3% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 4.3% | -1.7% | 6.1% | -0.9% | 2.8% | 0.8% | -1.3% | 1.0% | 21.8% |
| 2016 | -5.0% | -4.6% | 7.9% | 1.5% | 2.0% | -2.3% | 2.5% | 0.1% | 3.8% | -5.1% | -4.3% | 3.2% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | 5.0% | -2.7% | 3.3% | 2.1% | -1.0% | 3.6% | -5.8% | -2.8% | 6.3% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 13.7% |
| 2014 | -3.7% | 8.7% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.4% | -1.3% | -2.7% | 1.6% | -4.1% | -1.5% | 3.7% | -2.4% | 1.3% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | -1.0% | -0.3% | 3.3% | -0.8% | -3.8% | 6.9% | -1.3% | 7.1% | 4.5% | 0.1% | 4.3% | 22.9% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | 6.4% | 3.7% | -2.3% | -9.3% | 8.7% | -0.7% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 6.1% | 31.9% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 10.6% | -4.2% | -4.0% | -5.5% | -5.8% | -12.4% | 5.5% | -3.8% | -2.2% | -14.4% |
| 14.6% | 1.5% | 7.8% | 29.8% | -6.7% | -7.1% | 21.9% | -17.3% | -18.5% | 5.3% | 18.7% | 16.7% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.46 | 0.46 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.25 | 0.52 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.32 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.55 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.45 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.61 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.31 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.37 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.30 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.76 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.38 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.57 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.31 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | 20.92% |
| KBC Group N.V. | 11.47% |
| UCB S.A. | 7.32% |
| arGEN-X SE | 6.98% |
| Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA | 4.62% |
| Solvay SA | 3.99% |
| Umicore | 3.83% |
| ageas SA/NV | 3.53% |
| Sofina SA | 3.41% |
| Warehouses De Pauw SCA | 3.06% |
| Aedifica SA | 2.15% |
| Cofinimmo SA | 2.11% |
| Ackermans & van Haaren NV | 2.06% |
| D\'Ieteren Group | 1.93% |
| Elia Group SA/NV | 1.82% |
| Top 15 Weights | 79.20% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| EWK | FLV | GSID | HDIV | RESD | TPIF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF | American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF | High Dividend Yield ETF | WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International Quality Dividend Growth Fund | Timothy Plan International ETF |
| Issuer | iShares | American Century | Goldman Sachs | QRAFT | WisdomTree | Timothy |
| Price | $15.13 | $55.29 | $41.1799 | $27.983 | $22.169 | $20.5 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.51% |  0.42% | 0.2% |  0.75% | 0.3% | 0.62% |
| Average Spread | 0.397% | 0.163% | 0.267% | 0.250% | 0.135% | 0.488% |
| AUM | $20,591,900 | $219,939,000 | $254,882,000 | $4,893,700 | $5,558,080 | $57,857,900 |
| Shares | 1,361,000 | 3,977,918 | 6,189,481 | 174,881 | 250,714 | 2,822,335 |
| Average Daily Volume | 12,893 | 5,494 | 6,273 | 680 | 1,350 | 23,827 |
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| Inception Date | 1996-03-12 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-05-12 | 2020-02-27 | 2016-11-03 | 2019-12-02 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index | No Underlying Index | Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | Victory International Volatility Weighted BRI Index |
| Category | Europe Equities | Global Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid/Small Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | |
| Value or Growth | Value | Value | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend |
| Region | Europe | North America | Europe | North America | Europe | Europe |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | Broad | Broad |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.987 | $2.265 | $1.188 | $0.694 | $0.85 | $0.684 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.065% | 0.041% | 0.029% | 0.025% | 0.038% | 0.033% |
| Number of Holdings | 45 | 47 | 979 | 102 | 240 | 383 |
| YTD Return | -27.37% | -8.67% | -25.76% | -11.75% | -27.40% | -27.98% |
| Beta | 0.58 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.72 |
| Upside Beta | -0.03 | 0.63 | 0.30 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.40 |
| Downside Beta | -0.13 | 0.04 | -0.49 | 0.18 | -0.47 | -0.51 |
| Volatility 1Y | 23.79% | 16.35% | 20.09% | 15.77% | 19.08% | 19.60% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |