iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI United Kingdom Index. The EWU ETF contains 88 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Europe region.
Price $27.19 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 5.35% |
| Expense ratio | 0.51% |
| Average spread | 0.037% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.547% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3% | -1.2% | 0.4% | -4.0% | 2.7% | -8.1% | 3.2% | -6.5% | -9.3% | 3.7% | -16.7% | ||
| 2021 | -0.2% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 3.9% | -1.6% | 0.3% | 0.7% | -2.3% | 4.4% | -4.9% | 6.2% | 17.4% |
| 2020 | -4.3% | -10.2% | -18.5% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 2.7% | -4.3% | -4.5% | 16.1% | 4.8% | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | 3.4% | 1.4% | 2.3% | -6.1% | 4.6% | -2.4% | -3.8% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 5.4% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | -6.7% | 0.2% | 4.3% | -0.6% | -1.2% | 0.9% | -4.4% | 1.6% | -6.8% | -1.2% | -4.6% | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 4.6% | -1.6% | 2.4% | -0.8% | 3.0% | 0.6% | -0.1% | 4.2% | 19.9% |
| 2016 | -4.8% | -3.1% | 5.4% | 4.0% | -1.2% | -2.3% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | -5.3% | 0.2% | 3.5% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | 5.9% | -5.7% | 6.7% | 0.6% | -3.9% | 1.6% | -8.0% | -3.9% | 6.6% | -1.7% | -4.2% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | -4.6% | 6.8% | -3.2% | 4.5% | 1.0% | 0.8% | -2.4% | 0.8% | -5.6% | -1.9% | 0.1% | -3.4% | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | -2.7% | 1.7% | 2.8% | -0.1% | -4.5% | 6.4% | -0.7% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 18.5% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | 5.1% | -1.3% | 1.4% | -11.4% | 7.2% | 0.9% | 3.3% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 2.9% | 15.5% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | 4.6% | -2.5% | 6.7% | -2.4% | -2.9% | -0.4% | -7.7% | -9.8% | 12.9% | -1.6% | -0.0% | -2.0% |
| 9.1% | 7.2% | -16.9% | 40.1% | -7.1% | -11.7% | 12.6% | -23.3% | -19.0% | 17.5% | 10.1% | 18.0% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.58 | 0.58 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.57 | 0.88 | 1.44 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.73 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 0.81 | 0.60 | 1.41 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.83 | 0.64 | 1.46 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 1.40 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 0.80 | 0.42 | 1.22 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 1.33 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 2.04 | 0.70 | 2.74 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 0.78 | 0.51 | 1.28 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.61 | 0.46 | 1.07 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| AstraZeneca PLC | 7.62% |
| Unilever PLC | 5.56% |
| HSBC Holdings Plc | 4.91% |
| Diageo plc | 4.63% |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc | 4.11% |
| BP p.l.c. | 3.89% |
| Royal Dutch Shell Plc Class A | 3.83% |
| Royal Dutch Shell Plc Class B | 3.45% |
| British American Tobacco p.l.c. | 3.06% |
| Rio Tinto plc | 2.81% |
| RELX PLC | 2.38% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | 2.31% |
| BHP Group Plc | 2.24% |
| Prudential plc | 2.12% |
| Glencore plc | 1.95% |
| Top 15 Weights | 54.87% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| EWU | FLGB | FLV | FMIL | HSMV | TEQI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF | Franklin FTSE United Kingdom ETF | American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | Fidelity New Millennium ETF | First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Small/Mid ETF | T. Rowe Price Equity Income ETF |
| Issuer | iShares | Franklin | American Century | Fidelity | First Trust | T. Rowe Price |
| Price | $27.19 | $20.34 | $55.29 | $27.48 | $28.7342 | $31.679 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.51% |  0.09% | 0.42% |  0.59% | 0.8% | 0.54% |
| Average Spread | 0.037% | 0.246% | 0.163% | 0.218% | 0.139% | 0.126% |
| AUM | $2,424,150,000 | $495,059,000 | $219,939,000 | $55,854,400 | $12,935,000 | $45,734,100 |
| Shares | 89,156,093 | 24,339,181 | 3,977,918 | 2,032,547 | 450,161 | 1,443,672 |
| Average Daily Volume | 5,033,237 | 348,843 | 5,494 | 38,697 | 879 | 18,280 |
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| Inception Date | 1996-03-12 | 2017-11-02 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-06-03 | 2020-04-06 | 2020-08-04 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI United Kingdom Index | FTSE UK RIC Capped Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index |
| Category | Europe Equities | Europe Equities | Global Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Small Cap Blend Equities | Large Cap Value Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | ||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Value | Blend | Blend | Blend |
| Region | Europe | Europe | North America | North America | North America | |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.456 | $0.805 | $2.265 | $0.569 | $0.37 | $0.988 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.054% | 0.040% | 0.041% | 0.021% | 0.013% | 0.031% |
| Number of Holdings | 88 | 123 | 47 | 121 | 200 | 108 |
| YTD Return | -16.48% | -18.15% | -8.67% | -6.15% | -16.59% | -11.44% |
| Beta | -0.05 | 0.22 | 0.81 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.80 |
| Upside Beta | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.68 |
| Downside Beta | 0.09 | -0.37 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.00 | -0.03 |
| Volatility 1Y | 21.82% | 22.19% | 16.35% | 21.04% | 18.99% | 18.67% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.23 | -0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.07 | -0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |