iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA NYSE Arca
The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
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- Fund size
- 57.5B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.32% per year
- Dividend yield
- 3.26% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 15.8% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.74 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 88.22108.81
How EFA has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, EFA returned +18.4% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.7 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 ±16% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −11.4% on Mar 20, 2026 — 23 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 12% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.74 means EFA 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 average103.83 −0.8%
- 26-day average104.71 −1.6%
- 50-day average105.13 −2.0%
- 200-day average101.17 +1.9%
The price is above 1 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) · Investable Market Core — tracking the MSCI EAFE Index.
- Assets under management57.5BUSD
- Expense ratio0.32%per year
- Holdings945
- Risk score4.3Medium
Launched August 2001. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 33 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.36
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Jun 15, 2026
Last 12 months
3.36 USD / shareWhere EFA shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold EFA. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 945 holdings
- Ticker
- EFA
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642874659
- CUSIP
- 464287465
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Developed Markets (ex-US)
- Industry
- Investable Market Core
- Benchmark
- MSCI EAFE Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.