EWYiShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.
By iShares · Launched 2000
Annual Cost
0.59%
#3,116 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$24.5B
#131 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+118.0%
Track Record
26 years
#67 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$21,658+116.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Asia pacificCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI Korea 25/50 Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 65.3% of fundconcentrated
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
29.3%
SK hynix Inc
19.9%
Hyundai Motor Co
3.2%
SK Square Co Ltd
2.2%
BlackRock Funds III
2.2%
KB Financial Group Inc
2.1%
Kia Corp
1.7%
Doosan Enerbility Co Ltd
1.7%
Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd
1.5%
Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd
1.5%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.1%
Cash
0.9%
By sector
Technology
61.3%
Industrials
15.3%
Financial Services
8.8%
Consumer Cyclical
4.7%
Healthcare
3.1%
Communication
2.5%
Consumer Defensive
1.7%
Basic Materials
1.2%
Other
1.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
54.3%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-49.7%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.91Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.36Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in South Korean equities, focusing on large- and mid-capitalization segments. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index, which is concentrated in the industrials and technology sectors.
- Inception date
- May 9, 2000
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-03