iShares MSCI Italy ETF
EWI NYSE Arca
The iShares MSCI Italy ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Italian equities.
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- Fund size
- 307M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.49% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.09% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 18.7% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.76 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 48.8663.35
How EWI 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, EWI returned +17.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.4 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 ±19% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −12.5% on Mar 20, 2026 — 22 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 17% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.76 means EWI 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 average57.60 −2.5%
- 26-day average58.96 −4.7%
- 50-day average59.81 −6.1%
- 200-day average57.18 −1.8%
The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OversoldRSI 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
Europe · Italy — tracking the MSCI Italy 25/50 Index.
- Assets under management307MUSD
- Expense ratio0.49%per year
- Holdings30
- Risk score6.0Medium
Launched March 1996. 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 21 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.17
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Jun 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.17 USD / shareWhere EWI shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold EWI. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares MSCI Italy ETF
The iShares MSCI Italy ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Italian equities.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 30 holdings
- Ticker
- EWI
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US46434G8309
- CUSIP
- 46434G830
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Europe
- Industry
- Italy
- Benchmark
- MSCI Italy 25/50 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.