iShares MSCI Italy ETF (EWI)

NYSEARCA: EWI · Real-Time Price · USD
37.84
+0.02 (0.05%)
Oct 7, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
0.05%
Assets $498.13M
Expense Ratio 0.50%
PE Ratio 10.82
Shares Out 13.28M
Dividend (ttm) $1.33
Dividend Yield 3.51%
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 11, 2024
Payout Ratio 37.82%
1-Year Return +25.96%
Volume 156,667
Open 37.93
Previous Close 37.82
Day's Range 37.72 - 37.97
52-Week Low 29.02
52-Week High 39.63
Beta 1.10
Holdings 31
Inception Date Mar 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

70.44% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Enel SpA ENEL 12.07%
UniCredit S.p.A. UCG 11.54%
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. ISP 11.25%
Ferrari N.V. RACE 10.84%
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. G 4.84%
Prysmian S.p.A. PRY 4.73%
Eni S.p.A. ENI 4.32%
Stellantis N.V. STLAM 3.73%
Moncler S.p.A. MONC 3.64%
Terna S.p.A. TRN 3.48%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 11, 2024 $0.90641 Jun 17, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $0.41911 Dec 27, 2023
Jun 7, 2023 $0.7344 Jun 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2022 $0.41592 Dec 19, 2022
Jun 9, 2022 $0.81617 Jun 15, 2022
Dec 13, 2021 $0.45181 Dec 17, 2021
Full Dividend History

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