iShares MSCI South Africa ETF
EZA NYSE Arca
The iShares MSCI South Africa ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of South African equities.
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- Fund size
- 284M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.62% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.25% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 33.4% High Risk
- Beta
- 1.00 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 57.0379.91
How EZA 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, EZA returned +6.4% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.3 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 ±33% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −24.4% on Jul 23, 2026 — 146 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 70% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 1.00 means EZA has moved roughly in line with 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 average64.13 −0.6%
- 26-day average65.62 −2.8%
- 50-day average66.41 −4.0%
- 200-day average65.33 −2.4%
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)
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
Middle East & Africa · South Africa — tracking the MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index.
- Assets under management284MUSD
- Expense ratio0.62%per year
- Holdings51
- Risk score7.1High
Launched February 2003. 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 22 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.43
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Jun 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.43 USD / shareWhere EZA shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold EZA. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares MSCI South Africa ETF
The iShares MSCI South Africa ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of South African equities.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 51 holdings
- Ticker
- EZA
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642867802
- CUSIP
- 464286780
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- South Africa
- Sector
- Middle East & Africa
- Industry
- South Africa
- Benchmark
- MSCI South Africa 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.