iShares MSCI France ETF (EWQ)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI France Index. The EWQ ETF contains 73 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Europe region.
Price $28.82 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 6.89% |
| Expense ratio | 0.51% |
| Average spread | 0.035% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.545% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -2.5% | -6.8% | 0.0% | -6.7% | 4.1% | -10.0% | 6.5% | -7.3% | -9.6% | 7.5% | -24.7% | ||
| 2021 | -2.6% | 4.6% | 2.8% | 6.2% | 5.4% | -1.8% | 1.3% | 0.9% | -3.7% | 5.6% | -3.9% | 5.7% | 20.4% |
| 2020 | -4.0% | -7.9% | -19.0% | 4.4% | 5.9% | 6.4% | 1.9% | 4.7% | -4.5% | -4.5% | 21.8% | 2.9% | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | 4.3% | 0.4% | 4.8% | -6.1% | 8.3% | -2.8% | -1.0% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 24.8% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | -5.1% | -0.7% | 4.1% | -2.6% | -2.1% | 3.9% | -2.2% | 1.2% | -9.5% | -1.2% | -5.1% | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -0.4% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 4.9% | -0.5% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 4.0% | 1.6% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 26.2% |
| 2016 | -3.8% | -2.5% | 6.5% | 2.4% | -0.2% | -5.0% | 4.7% | -0.3% | 1.2% | -0.5% | -2.5% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | 6.2% | -2.0% | 4.5% | -0.8% | -2.8% | 4.1% | -6.6% | -3.8% | 7.1% | -2.3% | -3.5% | 1.3% |
| 2014 | -5.5% | 8.1% | 0.5% | 2.9% | 0.5% | -1.5% | -6.6% | 1.2% | -3.7% | -3.8% | 3.0% | -5.5% | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | -3.5% | -1.1% | 5.7% | 1.9% | -4.5% | 9.2% | -2.1% | 7.8% | 3.8% | 0.1% | 2.3% | 22.8% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | 6.2% | -0.2% | -6.1% | -10.4% | 8.3% | -0.4% | 5.7% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 23.7% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | 3.3% | 0.3% | 7.4% | -2.9% | 0.2% | -9.0% | -10.3% | -15.6% | 12.9% | -4.5% | -3.8% | -15.6% |
| 12.8% | 6.4% | -6.0% | 35.2% | -0.3% | -4.9% | 15.3% | -16.4% | -22.7% | 26.7% | 15.8% | 7.7% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.95 | 0.95 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.43 | 1.04 | 1.47 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.34 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.73 | 0.07 | 0.80 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.65 | 0.12 | 0.77 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0.59 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.61 | 0.09 | 0.70 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.53 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.61 | 0.22 | 0.83 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.69 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.52 | 0.11 | 0.63 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.49 | 0.18 | 0.67 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.28 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 10.84% |
| TotalEnergies SE | 6.33% |
| L\'Oreal SA | 5.78% |
| Sanofi | 5.68% |
| Schneider Electric SE | 4.67% |
| Air Liquide SA | 3.97% |
| Airbus SE | 3.86% |
| BNP Paribas SA Class A | 3.79% |
| EssilorLuxottica SA | 2.88% |
| Kering SA | 2.85% |
| VINCI SA | 2.84% |
| AXA SA | 2.76% |
| Hermes International SCA | 2.52% |
| Pernod Ricard SA | 2.46% |
| Safran S.A. | 2.28% |
| Top 15 Weights | 63.51% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| EWQ | FBCV | FLEE | FLFR | FLV | GSIE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares MSCI France ETF | Fidelity Blue Chip Value ETF | Franklin FTSE Europe ETF | Franklin FTSE France ETF | American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF |
| Issuer | iShares | Fidelity | Franklin | Franklin | American Century | Goldman Sachs |
| Price | $28.82 | $26.75 | $21.101 | $23.233 | $55.29 | $25.25 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.51% |  0.59% |  0.09% | 0.09% | 0.42% | 0.25% |
| Average Spread | 0.035% | 0.262% | 0.190% | 0.086% | 0.163% | 0.040% |
| AUM | $527,400,000 | $92,203,700 | $143,433,000 | $8,063,990 | $219,939,000 | $2,240,040,000 |
| Shares | 18,299,799 | 3,446,866 | 6,797,451 | 347,092 | 3,977,918 | 88,714,286 |
| Average Daily Volume | 677,847 | 19,697 | 14,803 | 4,843 | 5,494 | 1,004,191 |
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| Inception Date | 1996-03-12 | 2020-06-03 | 2017-11-02 | 2017-11-02 | 2020-03-31 | 2015-11-06 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI France Index | No Underlying Index | FTSE Developed Europe RIC Capped Index | FTSE France RIC Capped Index | No Underlying Index | Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity Index |
| Category | Europe Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Europe Equities | Europe Equities | Global Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | ||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Value | Blend |
| Region | Europe | Europe | Europe | Europe | North America | Europe |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | U.S. | Broad |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.985 | $0.977 | $0.921 | $0.969 | $2.265 | $0.853 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.069% | 0.037% | 0.044% | 0.042% | 0.041% | 0.034% |
| Number of Holdings | 73 | 78 | 589 | 80 | 47 | 757 |
| YTD Return | -23.75% | -8.06% | -26.54% | -25.26% | -8.67% | -26.55% |
| Beta | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.78 |
| Upside Beta | 0.30 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.63 | 0.45 |
| Downside Beta | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.04 | -0.18 |
| Volatility 1Y | 26.81% | 18.14% | 23.34% | 26.53% | 16.35% | 20.20% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.05 | 0.00 | -0.18 | -0.12 | 0.00 | -0.28 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.01 |