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About ISHARES MSCI AUSTRALIA ETF
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Inception date
Mar 12, 1996
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
EWA tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Australian stocks. As the index includes companies of any capitalization, it captures about 85% of the publicly available market, excluding most small-caps. The index includes securities that are Australian according to the MSCIs country classification, together with companies that are headquartered or listed and carry out most of their operations in the country. The fund typically engages in securities lending, which brings revenues to the fund, at the cost of slight counterparty risk. The index is reviewed quarterly starting every February with semi-annual index reviews in May and November.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Non-Energy Minerals
Stocks99.86%
Finance47.02%
Non-Energy Minerals16.84%
Retail Trade8.48%
Health Technology7.15%
Transportation4.30%
Energy Minerals4.22%
Technology Services4.12%
Consumer Services2.41%
Health Services1.45%
Communications0.99%
Distribution Services0.72%
Commercial Services0.69%
Utilities0.56%
Producer Manufacturing0.54%
Consumer Non-Durables0.36%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.14%
Cash0.14%
Stock breakdown by region
Oceania99.18%
Europe0.82%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
EWA invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 47.02% stocks, and Non-Energy Minerals, with 16.84% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Pacific region.
EWA top holdings are Commonwealth Bank of Australia and BHP Group Ltd, occupying 15.08% and 10.15% of the portfolio correspondingly.
EWA last dividends amounted to 8.41 MXN. Six months before that, the issuer paid 8.72 MXN in dividends, which shows a 3.65% decrease.
EWA assets under management is 29.46 B MXN. It's risen 5.72% over the last month.
EWA fund flows account for −4.40 B MXN (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, EWA pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.48%. The last dividend (Dec 20, 2024) amounted to 8.41 MXN. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
EWA shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Mar 12, 1996, and its management style is Passive.
EWA expense ratio is 0.50% meaning you'd have to pay 0.50% of your investment to help manage the fund.
EWA follows the MSCI Australia. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
EWA invests in stocks.
EWA price has risen by 6.74% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 17.51% increase. See more dynamics on EWA price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 6.27% over the last month, showed a −3.33% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 22.84% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 6.27% over the last month, showed a −3.33% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 22.84% in a year.
EWA trades at a premium (0.04%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.