iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF (KWT)

BATS: KWT · Real-Time Price · USD
35.86
-0.43 (1.37%)
Apr 24, 2025, 5:37 PM EDT - Market open
1.37%
Assets $83.00M
Expense Ratio 0.74%
PE Ratio 16.26
Shares Out 2.35M
Dividend (ttm) $1.96
Dividend Yield 5.54%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 17, 2024
Payout Ratio 88.95%
1-Year Return +8.54%
Volume 305
Open 35.42
Previous Close 35.86
Day's Range 35.42 - 35.86
52-Week Low 30.85
52-Week High 36.75
Beta 0.45
Holdings 70
Inception Date Sep 1, 2020

About KWT

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The iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF (KWT) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of all-cap stocks in Kuwait. KWT was launched on Sep 1, 2020 and is issued by BlackRock.

Asset Class Equity
Category Miscellaneous Region
Region Global
Stock Exchange BATS
Ticker Symbol KWT
ETF Provider BlackRock
Index Tracked MSCI All Kuwait Select Size Liquidity Capped Index

Top 10 Holdings

67.29% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. NBK 21.68%
Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.P. KFH 21.53%
Warba Bank K.S.C.P. WARBABANK 4.33%
Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P. ZAIN 4.28%
Gulf Bank K.S.C.P. GBK 3.66%
Mabanee Company K.P.S.C. MABANEE 3.16%
National Industries Group Holding - KPSC NIND 2.53%
Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P. AGLTY 2.10%
Kuwait Real Estate Company K.P.S.C. KRE 2.07%
Gulf Cables and Electrical Industries Group Company - KPSC CABLE 1.96%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 17, 2024 $0.4834 Dec 20, 2024
Jun 11, 2024 $1.47808 Jun 17, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $0.01067 Dec 27, 2023
Jun 7, 2023 $0.6828 Jun 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2022 $0.734 Dec 19, 2022
Jun 9, 2022 $0.74873 Jun 15, 2022
Full Dividend History

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