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iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF KWT

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares Trust Equity · International
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Last price 34.88 USD Change: Unchanged 0.00 Percent change: Unchanged 0.00%

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

Expense ratio
0.75%
Prospectus 30 Dec 2025
Net assets
$70.2M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
40
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
5.91%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF (KWT) is an exchange-traded fund listed on Cboe BZX in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$34.88 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.75% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$70.21 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 40 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.06 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 5.91%, paid twice a year.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.75%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.74%
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
$70,207,726
Total assets
$86,016,803
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 40 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

KWT top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. NATL BK OF KUWAIT KW0EQ0100010 22.62% $15.9M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
2 KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE K.S.C.P KW0EQ0100085 22.08% $15.5M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
3 MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY K.S.C.P MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO KSCP KW0EQ0601058 4.52% $3.2M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
4 Gulf Bank K.S.C.P KW0EQ0100028 4.21% $3.0M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
5 Mabanee Company K.P.S.C. MABANEE CO KPSC KW0EQ0400725 4.08% $2.9M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
6 Warba Bank K.S.C.P. KW0EQB010944 3.89% $2.7M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
7 National Industries Group Holding KPSC NATIONAL INDUSTRIES GROUP HOLDING SAK KW0EQ0500813 3.12% $2.2M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
8 Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P KW0EQ0100044 2.84% $2.0M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
9 Kuwait Real Estate Company - KPSC KUWAIT REAL ESTATE CO KSC KW0EQ0400618 2.47% $1.7M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
10 Boursa Kuwait Securities Company KPSC BOURSA KUWAIT SECURITIES CO KPSC KW0EQ0607022 2.40% $1.7M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
11 Commercial Real Estate Company K.P.S.C. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE CO KSC KW0EQ0401632 2.07% $1.5M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
12 Boubyan Petrochemical Company K.S.C.P. BOUBYAN PETROCHEMICALS CO KSCP KW0EQ0500979 1.99% $1.4M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
13 Kuwait Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P. KW0EQB010084 1.80% $1.3M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
14 Kuwait International Bank K.S.C.P KW0EQ0100069 1.76% $1.2M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
15 Humansoft Holding Company KSCP HUMANSOFT HOLDING CO KSC KW0EQ0601694 1.75% $1.2M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
16 The Public Warehousing Company AGILITY PUBLIC WAREHOUSING CO KSC KW0EQ0601041 1.67% $1.2M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
17 Burgan Bank (K.P.S.C) BURGAN BANK SAK KW0EQ0100077 1.53% $1.1M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
18 Gulf Cables and Electrical Industries Group Company KPSC GULF CABLES ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES GROUP CO KSCP KW0EQ0500862 1.52% $1.1M Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
19 Ali Al-Ghanim Sons Automotive Company KSCP ALI ALGHANIM SONS AUTOMOTIVE CO KSCC KW0EQ0609648 1.40% $982K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
20 KUWAIT PROJECTS COMPANY HOLDING K.S.C.P. KUWAIT PROJECTS CO HOLDING KSCP KW0EQ0200653 1.34% $939K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
21 Salhia Real Estate Co KSCP KW0EQ0400642 1.32% $926K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
22 Arzan Financial Group for Financing and Investment KPSC ARZAN FINANCIAL GROUP FOR FINANCING INVESTMENT K KW0EQ0200331 1.07% $749K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
23 A'ayan Leasing and Investment Company K.S.C.P. A AYAN LEASING INVESTMENT CO KSCP KW0EQ0200786 0.93% $652K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
24 National Real Estate Company KPSC NATIONAL REAL ESTATE CO KPSC KW0EQ0400634 0.91% $641K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD
25 National Investments Company K.S.C.P. NATIONAL INVESTMENTS CO KSCP KW0EQ0200281 0.89% $622K Equity (common) Kuwait KWD

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

All 40 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) 99.83%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.18%
Other 0.11%
Equity derivatives <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
Kuwait 99.95%
United States 0.19%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) 99.95%
US dollar (USD) 0.19%

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
$2.0630
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
5.91%
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 ($2.0630) ÷ latest price ($34.88) × 100 = 5.91%. 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)
KWT distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$0.8070
16 Dec 2025$1.2560
16 Jun 2025$0.8100
17 Dec 2024$0.4830
11 Jun 2024$1.4780
20 Dec 2023$0.0110
7 Jun 2023$0.6830
13 Dec 2022$0.7340
9 Jun 2022$0.7490
13 Dec 2021$2.0380

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

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