# EWY (iShares MSCI South Korea ETF) iShares · Stock ETFs · Single country or narrow region · data as of Oct 28, 2026 EWY has 78 holdings by its book of Oct 27, 2026 and returned +79.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026. Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/ EWY tracks the MSCI South Korea and returned +79.7% over the past year. ## Key facts - EWY, total return, 1 year: +79.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - EWY, expense ratio: 0.59%, as of Dec 19, 2025. - EWY, holdings: 78, as of Oct 27, 2026. - EWY, below its high: −24.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - EWY, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - EWY, last payment (paid annually), ex-date Dec 16, 2025: $2.0371, as of Dec 16, 2025. - EWY, net assets: $24.4bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026). ## EWY over each window to Oct 28, 2026 | Window | Total return | Benchmark (EEM) | Gap to EEM | S&P 500 (SPY) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 month | −9.6% | −5.5% | −4.1 pts | +0.9% | | 3 months | +15.0% | +4.0% | +11.0 pts | +6.1% | | 6 months | +7.8% | +1.8% | +6.0 pts | +9.1% | | Year to date | +70.7% | +16.7% | +54.0 pts | +14.1% | | 1 year | +79.7% | +16.3% | +63.4 pts | +13.6% | | 3 years | +226.4% | +86.8% | +139.6 pts | +95.0% | | 5 years | +131.9% | +40.4% | +91.5 pts | +79.8% | | 10 years | +262.9% | +114.3% | +148.6 pts | +325.8% | | Since launch | +1,073.6% | not available | not available | +763.7% | | Since launch, annualised | +9.7% | – | – | – | ## EWY key stats - 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $219.20 on Jun 18, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $88.53 on Nov 20, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $165.91, 59% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Holdings: 78 - Top ten weight: 60.9% ## EWY trading - Not scored. - Premium to NAV at the Oct 28 close: −0.44%; 95% of days within ±2.64%. - The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/ewy/trading/ ## Every published field | Field | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | What it tracks | MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index | ETFIQ | | Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ | | Category | Stocks · Single country or narrow region | ETFIQ | | Expense ratio | 0.59% | 485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025 | | Price | $165.91 | ETFIQ | | First traded | May 12, 2000 | ETFIQ | | Net assets | $24.4bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026 | | Benchmark | MSCI Emerging Markets Index, measured by EEM, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings | | Benchmark named in | its shareholder report, N-CSR, Nov 5, 2025 | ETFIQ | | EWY, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +79.7% | ETFIQ | | EEM, the same days | +16.3% | ETFIQ | | Against its benchmark, 1 year | +63.4 pts | ETFIQ | | Below its high | −24.3% | ETFIQ | | Holdings | 78 | ETFIQ | | Top ten weight | 60.9% | ETFIQ | | Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file | | Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file | | Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 0.0% | ETFIQ | | Active share vs the S&P 500 | 100.0% | ETFIQ | | Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 0.0% | ETFIQ | ## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026 | Window | Dates | Net flow | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$103m | | 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$458m | | 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$307m | | Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$8.2bn | | 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$9.3bn | Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: . Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows ## Questions ### How has EWY performed? Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWY returned +79.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over three years the number is +226.4%. ### What does EWY cost? The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. ### What does EWY hold? 78 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, with the top ten at 60.9% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds. ### How far is EWY below its high? 24.3% below its high of Jun 18, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026. ### What is the expense ratio of EWY? EWY's expense ratio is 0.59% a year, read from 485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025. ## Cite this page ETFIQ, EWY, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/ewy Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at . HTML: https://etfiq.com/funds/ewy · JSON: https://etfiq.com/funds/ewy.json