iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
HEFA CBOE - exBATS
The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization equities in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East while mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the component currencies and the U.S. dollar.
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- Fund size
- 2.79B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.35% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.54% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 12.9% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.69 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 38.8447.96
How HEFA has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, HEFA returned +22.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±13% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.5% on Mar 20, 2026 — 23 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 6% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.69 means HEFA has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average46.49 +0.0%
- 26-day average46.61 −0.2%
- 50-day average46.63 −0.3%
- 200-day average44.68 +4.1%
The price is above 2 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Developed Markets (ex-US) · InvestableMkt Hedged — tracking the MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index.
- Assets under management2.79BUSD
- Expense ratio0.35%per year
- Holdings209
- Risk score3.1Low
Launched January 2014. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 25 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.18
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Dec 23, 2025
Last 12 months
1.18 USD / shareWhere HEFA shows up
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About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization equities in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East while mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the component currencies and the U.S. dollar.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 209 holdings
- Ticker
- HEFA
- Exchange
- CBOE - exBATS
- ISIN
- US46434V8037
- CUSIP
- 46434V803
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Developed Markets (ex-US)
- Industry
- InvestableMkt Hedged
- Benchmark
- MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.