VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK)

NYSEARCA: AFK · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
14.57
+0.09 (0.62%)
Mar 28, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
0.62%
Assets $40.02M
Expense Ratio 0.98%
PE Ratio 8.86
Shares Out 2.75M
Dividend (ttm) $0.31
Dividend Yield 2.15%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 18, 2023
Payout Ratio 18.92%
1-Year Return -6.78%
Volume 8,714
Open 14.45
Previous Close 14.48
Day's Range 14.37 - 14.57
52-Week Low 12.84
52-Week High 16.49
Beta 0.73
Holdings 82
Inception Date Jul 10, 2008

About AFK

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The VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS GDP Africa index, a GDP and market-cap-weighted index of companies generating a majority of their revenues in Africa. AFK was launched on Jul 10, 2008 and is issued by VanEck.

Asset Class Equity
Category Miscellaneous Region
Region Africa
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol AFK
ETF Provider VanEck
Index Tracked MVIS GDP Africa

Top 10 Holdings

39.05% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Anglo American Plc AAL.L 4.50%
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd IVN CN 4.47%
Airtel Africa Plc AAF.L 4.22%
Attijariwafa Bank ATW.CS 4.16%
Banque Centrale Populaire BCP.CS 4.01%
Commercial International Bank Egypt Sae CBKD.L 3.90%
Itissalat Al-Maghrib IAM.CS 3.78%
Safaricom Plc SAFCOM KN 3.57%
Cmoc Group Ltd 3993.HK 3.46%
Equity Group Holdings Plc/Kenya EQTY KN 2.98%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 18, 2023 $0.3136 Dec 22, 2023
Dec 19, 2022 $0.5759 Dec 23, 2022
Dec 20, 2021 $0.839 Dec 27, 2021
Dec 21, 2020 $0.796 Dec 28, 2020
Dec 23, 2019 $1.2858 Dec 30, 2019
Dec 20, 2018 $0.336 Dec 27, 2018
Full Dividend History

News

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VanEck announced today the following 2022 annual distributions per share for its VanEck® equity exchange-traded funds.

1 year ago - Business Wire

VanEck Announces Revised Net Asset Value Information for VanEck Africa Index ETF

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VanEck is announcing that the net asset value (NAV) per share of the VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK) has been restated.

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