iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF (KWT)

BATS: KWT · Real-Time Price · USD
35.57
-0.16 (-0.44%)
Mar 28, 2025, 10:50 AM EDT - Market closed
Assets $95.71M
Expense Ratio 0.74%
PE Ratio 16.40
Shares Out 2.40M
Dividend (ttm) $1.96
Dividend Yield 5.51%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 17, 2024
Payout Ratio 89.98%
1-Year Return +6.19%
Volume 588
Open 35.70
Previous Close 35.73
Day's Range 35.57 - 35.70
52-Week Low 30.85
52-Week High 36.75
Beta 0.44
Holdings 111
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

90.82% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors USD 25.87%
National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. NBK 23.03%
Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.P. KFH 22.13%
Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P. ZAIN 4.17%
Gulf Bank K.S.C.P. GBK 3.63%
Mabanee Company K.P.S.C. MABANEE 3.14%
National Industries Group Holding - KPSC NIND 2.61%
Kuwait Real Estate Company K.P.S.C. KRE 2.10%
Warba Bank K.S.C.P. WARBABANK 2.09%
Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P. AGLTY 2.04%
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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

News

KWT- Potentially Brighter Days Ahead

The iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF which has a relatively high expense ratio and limited stability, seeks to mitigate those flaws with a near 6% yield. Kuwait's oil-based activities are expected to see a mea...

7 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

The Arab Gulf States Defeat Global Slowdown

The Gulf Cooperation Council area has so far withstood global challenges, with year-on-year GDP growth accelerating to 6.9% in 2022, driven by high oil prices and stronger growth rates in non-oil sect...

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2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

FM, KWT: Kuwait Upgrade From 'Frontier' To 'Emerging' Unlikely Bullish For Either Fund

Late last year, MSCI upgraded Kuwait from a "Frontier" to an "Emerging Market" status, and iShares launched the iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF. Around seven years ago, we saw a similar upgrade and iShares la...

Other symbols: FM
4 years ago - Seeking Alpha