Summary
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 113. The ten largest make up 60% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.75%
- Fund size
- $569.3M
- Positions
- 113
- Dividend yield
- 3.07%
- Running since
- 2015
What speaks for it
- Easy to buy and sell: about $15.9M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2015.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 60% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 100% of the fund is in one country (Saudi Arabia).
- Costs of 0.75% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 34% 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
- -9.4%
- 3 months
- -9.2%
- This year
- -7.4%
- 1 year
- -17%
- 3 years
- -7.3%
- 5 years
- -23%
- 10 years
- +61%
- Avg. market cap
- $250.7B
- P/E
- 12.4x
- Forward P/E
- 15.3x
- P/S
- 2.8x
- P/B
- 1.7x
- P/FCF
- 12.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.9x
- Dividend yield
- 1.75%
- ROIC
- 12.2%
- ROE
- 17.2%
- Gross margin
- 40.7%
- Operating margin
- 38.0%
- Net margin
- 31.1%
- Payout ratio
- 21.7%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.0x
- Beta
- 0.19
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 90% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 11Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation 1120.SR 14%
- 2 22Saudi Arabian Oil Company 2222.SR 12%
- 3 11The Saudi National Bank 1180.SR 8.4%
- 4 70Saudi Telecom Co. 7010.SR 6.3%
- 5 12Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) 1211.SR 4.5%
- 6 10Riyad Bank 1010.SR 3.3%
- 7 11Alinma Bank 1150.SR 3.0%
- 8 20ACWA POWER Company 2082.SR 3.0%
- 9 10Saudi Awwal Bank 1060.SR 2.9%
- 10 20Saudi Basic Industries Corporation 2010.SR 2.9%
Positions in the fund: 113. The ten largest make up 60% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Energy 13%
- Utilities 4.8%
- Real estate 3.1%
- Industrials 2.9%
- Other 77%
By country
- Saudi Arabia 100%
- United States 0.1%
- Other countries 0.03%
By company size
- Mega cap 12%
- Large cap 61%
- Mid cap 16%
- Small cap 11%
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: Energy (13%). Largest country: Saudi Arabia (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (61%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $75.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,544
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $75.00 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 $3,544.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +4.9%
- Deepest drop
- -34%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 4.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 34% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.07%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.59
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.03 per share, which is 3.07% of today's price. The last payment was $0.59 on Jun 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $15.9M
- Shares a day
- 473K
On an average day about $15.9M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 12.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 60%
- Fairly valued 5.1%
- Overvalued 35%
On average the companies inside trade for 12.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 60% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 90% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FL FLSA Franklin FTSE Saudi Arabia ETF | United States | 0.39% | $18.1M | -16% | Pays out | 89% |
IU IUSW.DE iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.60% | $16.8M | -11% | Pays out | 81% |
IU IUSS.DE iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.60% | $490.2M | -8.5% | Reinvests | 81% |
94 9402.SR SAB Invest Saudi Quant ETF | Saudi Arabia | 0.23% | $24.5M | -15% | Reinvests | 63% |
94 9400.SR Yaqeen 30 ETF | Saudi Arabia | 0.50% | $8.22M | -5.8% | Reinvests | 57% |