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EWYiShares MSCI South Korea ETF

Grow my money26y track recordRanked #334 of 3,055 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.

By iShares · Launched 2000

Annual Cost

0.59%

#3,222 of 6,040 · average

Fund Size

$27.7B

#121 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+131.1%

Track Record

26 years

#69 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$22,465+124.7%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Korea 25/50 Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

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
99.5%
Cash
0.5%

By sector

Technology
54.6%
Industrials
17.0%
Financial Services
11.1%
Consumer Cyclical
5.1%
Healthcare
3.3%
Communication
3.2%
Consumer Defensive
2.5%
Basic Materials
1.6%
Other
1.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
56.7%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-49.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.09Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.62Good 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 2026-09-18