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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF EWY

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares, Inc. Equity · International
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Last price 153.99 USD Change: Down −2.59 Percent change: Down −1.65%

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

Expense ratio
0.59%
Prospectus 30 Dec 2025
Net assets
$24.1B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
85
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.32%
Yearly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) 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$153.99 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.59% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$24.14 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 85 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.04 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.32%, paid yearly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.59%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.59%
Prospectus date
30 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
19 Dec 2025

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

Size and reporting

Net assets
$24,140,622,305
Total assets
$25,666,979,124
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 85 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EWY top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 SK hynix Inc. KR7000660001 30.85% $7.4B Equity (common) South Korea KRW
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. KR7005930003 23.88% $5.8B Equity (common) South Korea KRW
3 BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS INSTITUTIONAL FUND SL AGENCY US0669225197 4.88% $1.2B Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
4 SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD KR7009150004 3.42% $826.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
5 SK Square Co., Ltd. KR7402340004 3.08% $743.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
6 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR7005380001 2.43% $587.5M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
7 KB Financial Group Inc. KR7105560007 1.40% $336.8M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
8 HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD KR7012330007 1.22% $293.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
9 DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONS KR7034020008 1.21% $291.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
10 SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. KR7006400006 1.14% $275.0M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
11 SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD KR7055550008 1.03% $249.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
12 HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. HANWHA TECHWIN CO LTD KR7012450003 1.01% $244.9M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
13 KIA CORPORATION KIA MOTORS CORP KR7000270009 1.01% $244.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
14 SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION KR7028260008 0.99% $239.9M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
15 LG ELECTRONICS INC. KR7066570003 0.96% $232.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
16 Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. KR7032830002 0.90% $218.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
17 NAVER Corporation KR7035420009 0.85% $205.3M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
18 Hana Financial Group Inc. KR7086790003 0.83% $201.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
19 POSCO Holdings Inc. KR7005490008 0.82% $198.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
20 Celltrion, Inc. KR7068270008 0.78% $188.9M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
21 SK Inc. SK HOLDINGS CO LTD KR7034730002 0.76% $182.9M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
22 HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD. KR7329180004 0.72% $172.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
23 HD HYUNDAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. HYUNDAI ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEM CO LTD KR7267260008 0.68% $164.0M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
24 Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation KR7298040007 0.63% $151.9M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
25 LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. KR7373220003 0.61% $146.6M Equity (common) South Korea KRW

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

All 85 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) 98.82%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 4.92%
Equity (preferred) 0.56%
Equity derivatives 0.25%
Other 0.08%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
South Korea 99.71%
United States 4.92%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
South Korean won (KRW) 99.71%
US dollar (USD) 4.92%

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
$2.0370
1 payment per unit
12-month yield
1.32%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Yearly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
16 Dec 2025

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($2.0370) ÷ latest price ($153.99) × 100 = 1.32%. 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 (5 payments)
EWY distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
16 Dec 2025$2.0370
17 Dec 2024$1.2980
20 Dec 2023$1.6510
13 Dec 2022$0.6970
13 Dec 2021$1.6790

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

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