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EWKiShares MSCI Belgium ETF

Grow my money30y track recordRanked #891 of 2,999 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.

By iShares · Launched 1996

Annual Cost

0.49%

#2,480 of 5,861 · average

Fund Size

$160M

#2,550 of 5,861 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+24.3%

Track Record

30 years

#26 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,968+29.7%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Europe

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 66.8% of fundconcentrated

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
22.2%
Argenx SE
12.8%
UCB SA
8.9%
KBC Group NV
4.3%
Ageas SA/NV
4.0%
BlackRock Funds III
3.2%
Ackermans & van Haaren NV
3.1%
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV
3.1%
Elia Group SA/NV
2.8%
Warehouses De Pauw CVA
2.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.5%

By sector

Healthcare
28.5%
Consumer Defensive
25.2%
Financial Services
15.9%
Real Estate
9.7%
Industrials
7.4%
Basic Materials
4.8%
Utilities
2.7%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
Other
4.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
15.5%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-42.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.70Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.00Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in Belgian equities, seeking to track the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index using a representative sampling indexing strategy. Covers large-, mid-, and small-cap segments of the Belgian equity market.
Inception date
March 12, 1996
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-04