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iShares MSCI France Index Fund EWQ

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares, Inc. Equity · International
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Last price 41.90 USD Change: Up +0.32 Percent change: Up +0.77%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.50%
Prospectus 30 Dec 2025
Net assets
$385.0M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
58
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
3.14%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI France Index Fund (EWQ) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$41.90 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.5% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$384.98 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 58 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.32 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 3.14%, paid twice a year.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.50%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.50%
Prospectus date
30 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
30 Dec 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$384,979,359
Total assets
$385,178,608
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
27 Jul 2026 (57 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 58 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EWQ top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 TOTALENERGIES SE FR0000120271 7.99% $30.8M Equity (common) France EUR
2 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE FR0000121972 7.90% $30.4M Equity (common) France EUR
3 LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE FR0000121014 6.24% $24.0M Equity (common) France EUR
4 SAFRAN SA FR0000073272 5.80% $22.3M Equity (common) France EUR
5 Airbus SE NL0000235190 5.69% $21.9M Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
6 L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA AIR LIQUIDE SA FR0000120073 5.49% $21.1M Equity (common) France EUR
7 BNP PARIBAS SA FR0000131104 4.97% $19.1M Equity (common) France EUR
8 L'OREAL SA FR0000120321 4.86% $18.7M Equity (common) France EUR
9 SANOFI SA FR0000120578 4.41% $17.0M Equity (common) France EUR
10 AXA SA FR0000120628 3.54% $13.6M Equity (common) France EUR
11 VINCI SA FR0000125486 3.30% $12.7M Equity (common) France EUR
12 ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA FR0000121667 2.79% $10.7M Equity (common) France EUR
13 HERMES INTERNATIONAL S.C.A. FR0000052292 2.71% $10.4M Equity (common) France EUR
14 SOCIETE GENERALE SA FR0000130809 2.63% $10.1M Equity (common) France EUR
15 ENGIE SA FR0010208488 2.58% $9.9M Equity (common) France EUR
16 STMicroelectronics N.V. NL0000226223 2.12% $8.2M Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
17 DANONE SA FR0000120644 2.11% $8.1M Equity (common) France EUR
18 LEGRAND SA FR0010307819 2.07% $8.0M Equity (common) France EUR
19 COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN SA CIE DE SAINT GOBAIN FR0000125007 1.85% $7.1M Equity (common) France EUR
20 ORANGE SA FR0000133308 1.79% $6.9M Equity (common) France EUR
21 ArcelorMittal SA LU1598757687 1.35% $5.2M Equity (common) Luxembourg EUR
22 THALES SA FR0000121329 1.19% $4.6M Equity (common) France EUR
23 VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT SA FR0000124141 1.17% $4.5M Equity (common) France EUR
24 COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN SCA CIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN SCA FR001400AJ45 1.09% $4.2M Equity (common) France EUR
25 PUBLICIS GROUPE S.A. FR0000130577 1.02% $3.9M Equity (common) France EUR

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 58 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 98.51%
Other 1.05%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.06%
Equity derivatives 0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
France 89.03%
Netherlands 8.39%
Luxembourg 1.74%
Not stated or supranational 0.41%
United States 0.06%
United Kingdom <0.01%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Euro (EUR) 99.57%
US dollar (USD) 0.06%
British pound (GBP) <0.01%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets (0% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.3150
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
3.14%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Twice a year
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.3150) ÷ latest price ($41.90) × 100 = 3.14%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (10 payments)
EWQ distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$1.0870
16 Dec 2025$0.2280
16 Jun 2025$0.9540
17 Dec 2024$0.2720
11 Jun 2024$0.9150
20 Dec 2023$0.2520
7 Jun 2023$0.8170
13 Dec 2022$0.1230
9 Jun 2022$0.9480
13 Dec 2021$1.0370

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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