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iShares MSCI Belgium ETF EWK · AMEX

$26.19 -0.13% (-$0.04)

Summary

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 42. The ten largest make up 68% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.49%
Fund size
$239.2M
Positions
42
Dividend yield
1.88%
Running since
1996

What speaks for it

  • It has been running since 1996.

What to watch

  • The ten largest positions make up 68% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
  • 84% of the fund is in one country (Belgium).
  • Costs of 0.49% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • In the last five years its price once dropped by 38% from its high.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-0.8%
3 months
-1.3%
This year
+7.9%
1 year
+9.5%
3 years
+59%
5 years
+21%
10 years
+43%
Avg. market cap
$50.0B
P/E
14.6x
Forward P/E
16.1x
P/S
1.7x
P/B
1.6x
P/FCF
14.0x
EV/EBITDA
10.7x
Dividend yield
2.34%
ROIC
8.2%
ROE
12.3%
Gross margin
54.7%
Operating margin
32.2%
Net margin
25.7%
Payout ratio
34.2%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.6x
Beta
0.90

Weighted average of the 38 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated
  1. 1
    AB
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ABI.BR 22%
  2. 2
    AR
    argenx SE ARGX.BR 15%
  3. 3
    KB
    KBC Group NV KBC.BR 7.3%
  4. 4
    AG
    ageas SA/NV AGS.BR 4.6%
  5. 5
    UC
    UCB UCB.BR 4.3%
  6. 6
    AE
    Aedifica SA AED.BR 3.2%
  7. 7
    SY
    Syensqo SYENS.BR 2.8%
  8. 8
    AC
    Ackermans & Van Haaren NV ACKB.BR 2.7%
  9. 9
    LO
    Lotus Bakeries NV LOTB.BR 2.6%
  10. 10
    GB
    Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA GBLB.BR 2.6%

Positions in the fund: 42. The ten largest make up 68% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.

Largest sector: Real estate (9.1%). Largest country: Belgium (84%). Largest size group: Large cap (63%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive
A year from $10,000
$49.00
Over 20 years
$2,370

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $49.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,370.

How has it done?

Growing slowly
A year on average, 10 years
+3.6%
Deepest drop
-38%
Yearly volatility
16%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 3.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 38% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
1.88%
Payments a year
2
Last payment
$0.33

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.49 per share, which is 1.88% of today's price. The last payment was $0.33 on Jun 15, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Yes
Traded a day
$1.07M
Shares a day
41K

On an average day about $1.07M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather cheap
P/E of the companies inside
14.6
Average Bulios Score
67 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 14.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 61% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (38), which make up 100% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

Similar funds

Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.

Fund Domicile Size 1-year change Dividends
BE
BEL.BR Amundi BEL 20 UCITS ETF Dist
France 0.50% $80.0M +15% Pays out 58%

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