iShares MSCI Ireland ETF
$81.37−1.86 (−2.23%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $79M
- 1Y return
- +29.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.27%
- Holdings
- 26
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $83.07
- 52W range
The ETF.net EIRL Grade
Score 53 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 55Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 66Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 53Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 28Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 48Category rank
Our read on EIRL
CIreland in one ticker. Since 2010, EIRL has tracked a capped index of Irish equities, roughly two dozen names, making it one of the few ways US investors get a dedicated slice of a single small European market.
The Fund seeks to track a broad-based index of Irish equities.
Why people hold it
- Pure-play Ireland exposure in a single trade. It tracks the MSCI All Ireland Capped Index, and the capped design limits how heavy any one name can get at rebalance.ishares.com
- Launched in 2010 and run by iShares, so it comes with a long continuous history and BlackRock's index-fund plumbing behind it.
- The 0.50% expense ratio sits right at the median for developed single-country funds. No novelty premium for the narrow mandate.
Worth knowing
- Roughly two dozen holdings. A few large names and one or two sectors steer the fund far more than they would in a broad international index.
- Thinly traded. Spreads tend to run wider than on the cohort's household names, so limit orders do real work here.
- Cheaper shelf-mates exist in the single-country aisle: Franklin's FLAU and FLKR charge 0.09%. None of them cover Ireland, but the fee gap is real.
EIRL Holdings
- Stocks
- 26
- 75%
- A5G.IR
Sectors
- Financials40.8%
- Cons. Staples12.1%
- Materials11.6%
- Industrials10.7%
- Health Care9.4%
- Consumer Discr.8.8%
- Utilities4.4%
- Real Estate2.0%
- Technology0.2%
- Communication0.0%
Geography
- Ireland92.83%
- United Kingdom3.18%
- Luxembourg1.99%
- Bermuda1.97%
- Jersey0.03%
- United States0.01%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
EIRL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | EIRL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.6% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | +6.7% |
| 1 year | +29.1% |
| 3 years | +17.8% |
| 5 years | +8.1% |
| 10 years | +9.7% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EIRL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.6% | |
| 2025 | +28.8% | |
| 2024 | −1.6% | |
| 2023 | +35.1% | |
| 2022 | −18.8% | |
| 2021 | +13.7% | |
| 2020 | +9.6% |
EIRL in the news
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EIRL Dividends
- 2.27%
- $1.89
- $1.14 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $1.14 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.74 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $1.25 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.68 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.83 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.15 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.46 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.52 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.13 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.33 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.01 |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 | $0.24 |
EIRL Risk
- 16.6%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.67
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −40.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EIRL Cost
- The middle half of Developed Single Country funds
- Median 0.50%
13 of the 38 Developed Single Country funds charge less.