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EWUiShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

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Tracks the investment results of the MSCI United Kingdom Index.

By iShares · Launched 1996

Annual Cost

0.50%

#2,660 of 5,854 · average

Fund Size

$3.7B

#531 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+25.0%

Track Record

30 years

#26 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,441+34.4%

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 United Kingdom Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 52.2% of fundmoderately concentrated

AstraZeneca PLC
9.6%
HSBC Holdings PLC
9.5%
Shell PLC
7.2%
Unilever PLC
4.7%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
4.5%
British American Tobacco PLC
4.0%
GSK PLC
3.6%
Rio Tinto PLC
3.3%
BP PLC
3.0%
National Grid PLC
2.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
98.2%
Other
1.0%
Cash
0.7%

By sector

Financial Services
26.2%
Consumer Defensive
14.9%
Healthcare
14.7%
Industrials
12.9%
Energy
10.5%
Basic Materials
8.3%
Utilities
5.2%
Consumer Cyclical
3.9%
Other
3.5%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
15.0%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-43.3%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.93Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.33Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI United Kingdom Index.
Strategy
Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to invest primarily in large- and mid-cap U.K. equities, focusing on sectors like consumer goods and financials. Aims to keep portfolio turnover low to enhance after-tax performance.
Inception date
March 12, 1996
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-03