iShares MSCI Singapore ETF (EWS)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Singapore 25/50 Index. The EWS ETF contains 21 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Asia-Pacific region.
Price $16.49 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 7.76% |
| Expense ratio | 0.51% |
| Average spread | 0.061% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.571% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -1.4% | -0.5% | -0.7% | -6.3% | -2.3% | -6.0% | 5.9% | -3.0% | -5.8% | -3.6% | -23.7% | ||
| 2021 | 0.3% | 2.5% | 6.1% | 2.2% | 0.6% | -2.3% | 1.1% | -1.7% | -1.4% | 5.6% | -6.5% | -0.4% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | -5.2% | -4.6% | -20.5% | 6.7% | -1.5% | 4.1% | -0.7% | 2.3% | -1.8% | -3.7% | 17.3% | 3.3% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -0.4% | 1.1% | 5.9% | -9.1% | 10.2% | -2.1% | -5.5% | 1.6% | 4.8% | -0.9% | 3.1% | 15.2% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | -3.0% | -0.1% | 4.5% | -5.1% | -7.4% | 1.8% | -2.5% | 2.0% | -8.4% | 3.1% | -1.7% | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 5.2% | -0.4% | -1.3% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 0.5% | 30.7% |
| 2016 | -8.7% | 3.3% | 12.0% | 0.1% | -4.1% | 4.9% | 0.5% | -3.0% | 2.5% | -4.7% | 1.7% | -2.2% | 2.2% |
| 2015 | -2.4% | 0.4% | -0.2% | 6.9% | -5.8% | -1.0% | -4.2% | -12.1% | -3.9% | 9.3% | -5.5% | 0.2% | -18.3% |
| 2014 | -7.2% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 1.8% | -1.1% | 4.0% | -0.7% | -4.4% | -0.5% | 1.1% | -0.6% | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -0.8% | 2.2% | 3.4% | -6.3% | -3.7% | 4.1% | -6.9% | 7.7% | 3.4% | -1.7% | -1.0% | 1.1% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | 4.1% | 0.0% | 0.9% | -10.4% | 7.5% | 6.7% | -0.1% | 2.1% | -0.5% | 1.4% | 3.8% | 29.7% |
| 2011 | -0.8% | -5.0% | 4.8% | 5.7% | -1.7% | -1.9% | 4.7% | -9.5% | -15.5% | 11.4% | -3.9% | -5.6% | -17.4% |
| 11.5% | 2.2% | 9.9% | 35.0% | -40.9% | 4.0% | 26.8% | -43.0% | -18.3% | 17.6% | 9.6% | -0.6% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.28 | 0.28 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.28 | 1.00 | 1.28 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.58 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 1.13 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.93 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.26 | 0.64 | 0.90 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.13 | 0.66 | 0.79 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.86 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0.88 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.99 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.39 | 0.69 | 1.08 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.38 | 0.55 | 0.93 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.55 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| DBS Group Holdings Ltd | 20.51% |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited | 14.08% |
| United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore) | 11.06% |
| Sea Ltd. (Singapore) Sponsored ADR Class A | 4.72% |
| Singapore Telecommunications Limited TEMP | 4.67% |
| Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust | 4.36% |
| Keppel Corporation Limited | 4.10% |
| Singapore Exchange Ltd. | 3.88% |
| Wilmar International Limited | 3.83% |
| Singapore Airlines Ltd. | 3.82% |
| Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd | 3.39% |
| Mapletree Logistics Trust | 3.37% |
| Venture Corporation Limited | 3.10% |
| Mapletree Commercial Trust | 2.97% |
| Genting Singapore Limited | 2.90% |
| Top 15 Weights | 90.76% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| EWS | FLV | FMIL | HSMV | MVRL | TEQI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares MSCI Singapore ETF | American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | Fidelity New Millennium ETF | First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Small/Mid ETF | ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN | T. Rowe Price Equity Income ETF |
| Issuer | iShares | American Century | Fidelity | First Trust | ETRACS | T. Rowe Price |
| Price | $16.49 | $55.29 | $27.48 | $28.7342 | $18.1825 | $31.679 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.51% |  0.42% |  0.59% | 0.8% | 0.95% | 0.54% |
| Average Spread | 0.061% | 0.163% | 0.218% | 0.139% | 0.440% | 0.126% |
| AUM | $438,114,000 | $219,939,000 | $55,854,400 | $12,935,000 | $18,641,800 | $45,734,100 |
| Shares | 26,568,465 | 3,977,918 | 2,032,547 | 450,161 | 1,025,263 | 1,443,672 |
| Average Daily Volume | 431,160 | 5,494 | 38,697 | 879 | 6,620 | 18,280 |
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| Inception Date | 1996-03-12 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-06-03 | 2020-04-06 | 2020-06-02 | 2020-08-04 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI Singapore 25/50 Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | MVIS US Mortgage REITs Index | No Underlying Index |
| Category | Asia Pacific Equities | Global Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Small Cap Blend Equities | Leveraged Real Estate | Large Cap Value Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Real Estate | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | |||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Value | Blend | Blend | Blend | |
| Region | Asia-Pacific | North America | North America | North America | ||
| Countries | Broad | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | U.S. | |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.279 | $2.265 | $0.569 | $0.37 | $5.462 | $0.988 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.078% | 0.041% | 0.021% | 0.013% | 0.300% | 0.031% |
| Number of Holdings | 21 | 47 | 121 | 200 | 108 | |
| YTD Return | -21.78% | -8.67% | -6.15% | -16.59% | -50.73% | -11.44% |
| Beta | 0.43 | 0.81 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 1.57 | 0.80 |
| Upside Beta | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.68 |
| Downside Beta | 0.49 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.00 | -1.51 | -0.03 |
| Volatility 1Y | 19.52% | 16.35% | 21.04% | 18.99% | 45.39% | 18.67% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |