iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA)

BATS: HEFA · Real-Time Price · USD
37.57
-0.19 (-0.50%)
At close: Jul 18, 2025, 4:00 PM
37.57
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Jul 18, 2025, 6:30 PM EDT
-0.50%
Assets$6.26B
Expense Ratio0.35%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out167.00M
Dividend (ttm)$1.11
Dividend Yield2.95%
Ex-Dividend DateJul 2, 2025
Payout FrequencySemi-Annual
Payout Ration/a
Volume461,229
Open37.76
Previous Close37.76
Day's Range37.56 - 37.79
52-Week Low31.39
52-Week High38.53
Beta0.67
Holdings183
Inception DateJan 31, 2014

About HEFA

Fund Home Page

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is issued by BlackRock.

Asset Class Equity
Category Foreign Large Blend
Region Global
Stock Exchange BATS
Ticker Symbol HEFA
ETF Provider BlackRock
Index Tracked MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Net Variant

Top 10 Holdings

100.08% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
iShares MSCI EAFE ETFEFA98.15%
JPY/USDJPY0.67%
EUR/USDEUR0.55%
GBP/USDGBP0.33%
CHF/USDCHF0.13%
SEK/USDSEK0.09%
AUD/USDAUD0.07%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCYXTSLA0.05%
DKK/USDDKK0.03%
SGD/USDSGD0.01%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jul 2, 2025$0.63934Jul 8, 2025
Dec 20, 2024$0.46983Dec 26, 2024
Jul 2, 2024$0.6036Jul 8, 2024
Dec 22, 2023$0.39635Dec 29, 2023
Jul 3, 2023$0.55428Jul 10, 2023
Dec 23, 2022$0.11331Dec 30, 2022
Full Dividend History

Performance

HEFA had a total return of 9.73% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.38%.

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