iShares MSCI Italy ETF (EWI)

NYSEARCA: EWI · Real-Time Price · USD
50.79
+0.29 (0.57%)
Oct 14, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
0.57%
Assets$697.59M
Expense Ratio0.50%
PE Ratio13.59
Shares Out13.65M
Dividend (ttm)$1.38
Dividend Yield2.72%
Ex-Dividend DateJun 16, 2025
Payout FrequencySemi-Annual
Payout Ratio37.16%
Volume289,324
Open50.17
Previous Close50.50
Day's Range50.05 - 50.93
52-Week Low35.20
52-Week High52.68
Beta1.02
Holdings33
Inception DateMar 12, 1996

About EWI

Fund Home Page

The iShares MSCI Italy ETF (EWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Italy 25-50 index, a market-cap-weighted index of Italian companies excluding small-caps EWI was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is issued by BlackRock.

Asset Class Equity
Category Miscellaneous Region
Region Europe
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol EWI
ETF Provider BlackRock
Index Tracked MSCI Italy 25-50

Top 10 Holdings

69.15% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
UniCredit S.p.A.UCG14.34%
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.ISP12.62%
Enel SpAENEL10.47%
Ferrari N.V.RACE6.09%
Prysmian S.p.A.PRY4.93%
Leonardo S.p.a.LDO4.51%
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.G4.49%
Eni S.p.A.ENI4.42%
Stellantis N.V.STLAM3.84%
Banco BPM S.p.A.BAMI3.43%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jun 16, 2025$0.8216Jun 20, 2025
Dec 17, 2024$0.55928Dec 20, 2024
Jun 11, 2024$0.90641Jun 17, 2024
Dec 20, 2023$0.41911Dec 27, 2023
Jun 7, 2023$0.7344Jun 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2022$0.41592Dec 19, 2022
Full Dividend History

Performance

EWI had a total return of 36.88% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.96%.

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