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About iShares Inc iShares MSCI Israel ETF
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Inception date
Mar 26, 2008
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
EIS was the first Israel-focused ETF on the market, and offers pure Israeli exposure, with 100% of its holdings traded in Tel Aviv. The fund tracks a capped version of our MSCI benchmark and caps its exposure to any one security at 25%. In the case of EIS, that means redistributing the extra weighting to other portfolio companies that would have gone to only one company. The result is a smaller-cap tilt, with an underweighting to health care, pumping up the fund's weighting to financials and basic materials. It tracks its index well and offers solid exposure for investors interested in the Israeli stock market.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Technology Services
Stocks99.77%
Finance36.45%
Technology Services28.83%
Electronic Technology9.19%
Health Technology7.32%
Process Industries2.90%
Retail Trade2.41%
Utilities2.13%
Industrial Services2.11%
Communications2.11%
Consumer Durables1.18%
Transportation1.16%
Consumer Non-Durables0.99%
Energy Minerals0.83%
Producer Manufacturing0.79%
Non-Energy Minerals0.46%
Consumer Services0.40%
Distribution Services0.30%
Health Services0.21%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.23%
Cash0.23%
Stock breakdown by region
Middle East99.73%
Asia0.27%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Africa0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
EIS invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 36.45% stocks, and Technology Services, with 28.83% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Middle East region.
EIS top holdings are Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. and Bank Hapoalim BM, occupying 8.71% and 7.52% of the portfolio correspondingly.
EIS last dividends amounted to 0.55 USD. Six months before that, the issuer paid 0.52 USD in dividends, which shows a 5.54% increase.
EIS assets under management is 261.80 M USD. It's risen 9.99% over the last month.
EIS fund flows account for 58.53 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, EIS pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.30%. The last dividend (Dec 20, 2024) amounted to 0.55 USD. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
EIS shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Mar 26, 2008, and its management style is Passive.
EIS expense ratio is 0.59% meaning you'd have to pay 0.59% of your investment to help manage the fund.
EIS follows the MSCI Israel Capped Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
EIS invests in stocks.
EIS price has risen by 6.83% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 30.77% increase. See more dynamics on EIS price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 9.52% over the last month, showed a 0.90% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 32.72% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 9.52% over the last month, showed a 0.90% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 32.72% in a year.
EIS trades at a premium (0.46%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.