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iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund EZA

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares, Inc. Equity · International
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Last price 65.44 USD Change: Up +0.83 Percent change: Up +1.28%

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
$692.6M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
31
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
7.71%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund (EZA) 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$65.44 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$692.58 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 31 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$5.05 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 7.71%, 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
$692,577,712
Total assets
$693,171,242
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 31 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EZA top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC GB00BRXH2664 12.06% $83.5M Equity (common) United Kingdom ZAR
2 NASPERS LIMITED NASPERS NPV ZAE000351946 10.37% $71.8M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
3 Gold Fields Limited GOLD FIELDS LTD ZAE000018123 8.81% $61.0M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
4 FIRSTRAND LIMITED FIRSTRAND LTD ZAE000066304 7.04% $48.7M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
5 MTN GROUP LIMITED MTN GROUP LTD ZAE000042164 5.32% $36.8M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
6 STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD ZAE000109815 5.32% $36.8M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
7 CAPITEC BANK HOLDINGS LIMITED CAPITEC BANK HOLDINGS LTD ZAE000035861 4.59% $31.8M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
8 VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED ZAE000013181 4.53% $31.4M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
9 IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS LIMITED IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS LTD ZAE000083648 3.68% $25.5M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
10 ABSA GROUP LIMITED ABSA GROUP LTD ZAE000255915 3.52% $24.4M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
11 HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED HARMONY GOLD MINING CO LTD ZAE000015228 2.98% $20.7M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
12 DISCOVERY LIMITED DISCOVERY LTD ZAE000022331 2.91% $20.1M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
13 SANLAM LIMITED SANLAM LTD ZAE000070660 2.71% $18.8M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
14 SIBANYE STILLWATER LIMITED SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD ZAE000259701 2.49% $17.3M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
15 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD ZAE000012084 2.48% $17.2M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
16 BID CORPORATION LIMITED BID CORP LTD ZAE000216537 2.46% $17.0M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
17 SASOL LIMITED SASOL LTD ZAE000006896 2.37% $16.4M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
18 Nedbank Group Limited NEDBANK GROUP LTD ZAE000004875 2.19% $15.1M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
19 Northam Platinum Holdings Limited NORTHAM PLATINUM HOLDINGS LTD ZAE000298253 2.06% $14.3M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
20 REMGRO LIMITED REMGRO LTD ZAE000026480 1.81% $12.5M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
21 VODACOM GROUP LIMITED VODACOM GROUP LTD ZAE000132577 1.79% $12.4M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
22 NEPI ROCKCASTLE N.V. NL0015000RT3 1.64% $11.4M Equity (common) Netherlands ZAR
23 THE BIDVEST GROUP LIMITED BIDVEST GROUP LTD ZAE000117321 1.49% $10.3M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
24 PEPKOR HOLDINGS LIMITED PEPKOR HOLDINGS LTD ZAE000259479 1.44% $10.0M Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
25 Reinet Investments S.C.A. LU0383812293 1.33% $9.2M Equity (common) Luxembourg ZAR

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

All 31 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) 99.71%
Other 0.13%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.05%
Equity derivatives −<0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
South Africa 84.80%
United Kingdom 12.06%
Netherlands 1.64%
Luxembourg 1.33%
United States 0.05%
Not stated or supranational 0.00%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
South African rand (ZAR) 99.84%
US dollar (USD) 0.05%
Euro (EUR) 0.00%

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
$5.0450
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
7.71%
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 ($5.0450) ÷ latest price ($65.44) × 100 = 7.71%. 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)
EZA distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$1.4340
16 Dec 2025$3.6110
16 Jun 2025$0.6260
17 Dec 2024$2.4150
11 Jun 2024$0.6270
20 Dec 2023$0.5060
7 Jun 2023$0.6810
13 Dec 2022$0.6570
9 Jun 2022$0.9980
13 Dec 2021$0.4580

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

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