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ETF NYSE Arca USD

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF EWZ

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares, Inc. Equity · International
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Last price 42.94 USD Change: Up +1.01 Percent change: Up +2.41%

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
$10.2B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
50
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.02%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) 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$42.94 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$10.17 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 50 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.44 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.02%, paid twice a year.

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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
$10,174,738,770
Total assets
$10,257,701,938
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 50 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EWZ top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 VALE S.A. BRVALEACNOR0 11.50% $1.2B Equity (common) Brazil BRL
2 Nu Holdings Ltd. NU HOLDINGS LTD CAYMAN ISLANDS KYG6683N1034 8.71% $885.7M Equity (common) Cayman Islands USD
3 Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. BRITUBACNPR1 8.48% $862.5M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
4 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) BRPETRACNPR6 7.28% $741.1M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
5 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) BRPETRACNOR9 6.70% $681.3M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
6 B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao BRB3SAACNOR6 3.57% $363.5M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
7 Banco Bradesco S.A. BRBBDCACNPR8 3.33% $339.0M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
8 AMBEV S.A. BRABEVACNOR1 3.19% $325.1M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
9 WEG S.A. BRWEGEACNOR0 3.05% $309.9M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
10 Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP CIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO BRSBSPACNOR5 2.87% $292.1M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
11 BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. BRBPACUNT006 2.68% $272.4M Other Brazil BRL
12 AXIA Energia S.A. BRAXIAACNOR0 2.64% $268.2M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
13 ITAUSA S.A. BRITSAACNPR7 2.62% $266.2M Equity (preferred) Brazil BRL
14 PRIO S.A. PRIO SA BRAZIL BRPRIOACNOR1 2.16% $219.6M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
15 EMBRAER S.A. BREMBJACNOR1 2.15% $219.1M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
16 EQUATORIAL S.A. EQUATORIAL ENERGIA SA BREQTLACNOR0 1.94% $197.8M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
17 Localiza Rent a Car S.A. BRRENTACNOR4 1.65% $167.4M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
18 Banco do Brasil S.A BRBBASACNOR3 1.47% $149.4M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
19 Vibra Energia S.A. BRVBBRACNOR1 1.40% $142.7M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
20 XP Inc. KYG982391099 1.31% $133.0M Equity (common) Cayman Islands USD
21 GERDAU S.A. BRGGBRACNPR8 1.30% $132.7M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
22 SUZANO S.A. BRSUZBACNOR0 1.25% $127.3M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
23 TELEFONICA BRASIL S.A BRVIVTACNOR0 1.20% $121.7M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
24 Rede D'Or Sao Luiz S.A. BRRDORACNOR8 1.17% $119.1M Equity (common) Brazil BRL
25 BB Seguridade Participacoes S.A. BRBBSEACNOR5 1.07% $109.2M Equity (common) Brazil BRL

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

All 50 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) 92.11%
Other 4.20%
Equity (preferred) 2.62%
Equity derivatives -0.06%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.06%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
Brazil 87.61%
Cayman Islands 10.27%
Netherlands 1.01%
United States 0.06%
United Kingdom -0.03%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Brazilian real (BRL) 87.61%
US dollar (USD) 11.31%

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

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Finance 10.01%
Consumer Staples 1.01%
Technology 0.26%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 11.3% of net assets (12% 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
$0.4370
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
1.02%
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 ($0.4370) ÷ latest price ($42.94) × 100 = 1.02%. 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 (12 payments)
EWZ distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$0.3310
30 Dec 2025$0.1060
16 Dec 2025$1.0270
16 Jun 2025$0.5150
17 Dec 2024$1.0920
11 Jun 2024$0.9140
20 Dec 2023$1.2210
7 Jun 2023$0.7560
13 Dec 2022$2.0220
9 Jun 2022$1.4990
30 Dec 2021$0.1610
13 Dec 2021$1.9840

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

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