iShares MSCI France ETF
EWQ NYSE Arca
The iShares MSCI France ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of French equities.
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- Fund size
- 820M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.49% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.57% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 17.4% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.70 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 40.7147.90
How EWQ has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, EWQ returned +1.2% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.5 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 ±17% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −13.9% on Oct 12, 2026 — 66 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 41% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.70 means EWQ 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
Downtrend- 12-day average41.95 +0.7%
- 26-day average42.33 −0.2%
- 50-day average43.16 −2.1%
- 200-day average43.93 −3.8%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling 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
Europe · France — tracking the MSCI France Index.
- Assets under management820MUSD
- Expense ratio0.49%per year
- Holdings82
- Risk score3.4Low
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 26 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.09
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Jun 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.09 USD / shareWhere EWQ shows up
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About iShares MSCI France ETF
The iShares MSCI France ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of French equities.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 82 holdings
- Ticker
- EWQ
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642867075
- CUSIP
- 464286707
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Europe
- Industry
- France
- Benchmark
- MSCI France Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.