Summary
Matthews Korea Active ETF MKOR is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Matthews Asia. Positions inside: 55. The ten largest make up 50% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.79%
- Fund size
- $120.4M
- Positions
- 55
- Dividend yield
- 1.63%
- Running since
- 2010
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last three years: 35%.
- It has been running since 2010.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 50% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 49% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- Costs of 0.79% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.43%).
- It trades little: only about $734.6K changes hands a day.
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
- -12%
- 3 months
- +2.7%
- This year
- +61%
- 1 year
- +63%
- 3 years
- +147%
- Avg. market cap
- $253.8B
- P/E
- 7.5x
- Forward P/E
- 4.7x
- P/S
- 0.8x
- P/B
- 1.2x
- P/FCF
- 9.1x
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.3x
- Dividend yield
- 0.38%
- ROIC
- 12.8%
- ROE
- 25.0%
- Gross margin
- 37.8%
- Operating margin
- 26.0%
- Net margin
- -38.5%
- Payout ratio
- 2.8%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.5x
- Beta
- 2.23
Weighted average of the 49 largest companies, which make up 96% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 00Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 005930.KS 18%
- 2 10KB Financial Group Inc. 105560.KS 4.1%
- 3 08Hana Financial Group Inc. 086790.KS 3.9%
- 4 02Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. 028050.KS 3.6%
- 5 00SK hynix Inc. 000660.KS 3.6%
- 6 00Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. 009150.KS 3.6%
- 7 31PSK Inc. 319660.KQ 3.5%
- 8 03SK Inc. 034730.KS 3.4%
- 9 40SK Square Co., Ltd. 402340.KS 3.2%
- 10 00Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 005935.KS 3.0%
Positions in the fund: 55. The ten largest make up 50% of it.
Composition as of Oct 23, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 49%
- Industrials 25%
- Financials 12%
- Consumer cyclical 5.5%
- Consumer defensive 2.7%
- Other 5.7%
By country
- United States 1.3%
- Japan 0.7%
- Other countries 98%
By company size
- Mega cap 26%
- Large cap 48%
- Mid cap 21%
- Small cap 3.7%
- Micro cap 1.3%
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: Technology (49%). Largest country: United States (1.3%). Largest size group: Large cap (48%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $79.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,720
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $79.00 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 $3,720.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 3 years
- +35%
- Deepest drop
- -29%
- Yearly volatility
- 49%
Average yearly growth over the last three years: 35%. Deepest drop in these years: 29% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.63%
- Last payment
- $0.90
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.90 per share, which is 1.63% of today's price. The last payment was $0.90 on Dec 17, 2025.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $734.6K
- Shares a day
- 13K
On an average day about $734.6K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 7.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 30%
- Fairly valued 15%
- Overvalued 55%
On average the companies inside trade for 7.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 55% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (49), which make up 96% 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 FLKR Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF | United States | 0.09% | $1.34B | +67% | Pays out | 55% |
DB DBX8.DE Xtrackers MSCI Korea UCITS ETF 1C | Luxembourg | 0.45% | $108.7M | +81% | Reinvests | 55% |
28 289250.KS MiraeAsset TIGER MSCI Korea ESG Universal ETF | South Korea | 0.40% | $12.8M | +81% | Pays out | 55% |
IQ IQQK.DE iShares MSCI Korea UCITS ETF USD (Dist) | Ireland | 0.65% | $694.0M | +80% | Pays out | 55% |
28 289040.KS Kodex MSCI Korea ESG Universal | South Korea | 0.30% | $12.3M | +75% | Pays out | 54% |
FL FLXK.DE Franklin FTSE Korea UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.09% | $2.32B | +88% | Reinvests | 52% |