
iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF
$45.58−0.70 (−1.52%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $71M
- 1Y return
- +2.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.19%
- Holdings
- 25
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $46.03
- 52W range
The ETF.net ENZL Grade
Score 46 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.CScore 51Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 46Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 27Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 48Category rank
Our read on ENZL
CThe rare single-ticker route to New Zealand stocks: a compact basket of about 25 NZ names, run by iShares since 2010. Not a Pacific blend, not Australia with a garnish. Just New Zealand.
The fund seeks to track an index of New Zealand equities and provides targeted exposure to companies in that single country.
Why people hold it
- Pure country mandate. Holdings are New Zealand equities only, so the trade never gets diluted by a bigger neighbor's market.ishares.com
- Tracks the MSCI New Zealand All Cap Top 25 Capped Index, which caps individual weights so no single giant can swallow the basket.ishares.com
- Launched in 2010, with a long operating record on an iShares platform rather than a recent shelf addition.
- The 0.50% expense ratio sits right at the median for single-country developed-market ETFs.
Worth knowing
- Around 25 stocks. A few companies steer the whole fund, which is the deal you accept with a small developed market.
- Cheaper single-country options exist: FLKR and FLAU both run 0.09%. The New Zealand mandate carries a higher fee.
- Mid-size and only moderately traded, so limit orders matter more here than in the giants of the category. Distributions land once or twice a year.
ENZL Holdings
- Stocks
- 25
- 73%
- FPH.NZ
Sectors
Geography
ENZL 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 | ENZL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +3.2% |
| 1 month | −5.0% |
| 3 months | +3.5% |
| 1 year | +2.2% |
| 3 years | +3.7% |
| 5 years | −3.9% |
| 10 years | +2.8% |
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 | ENZL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +3.2% | |
| 2025 | +2.4% | |
| 2024 | −4.9% | |
| 2023 | +3.0% | |
| 2022 | −16.2% | |
| 2021 | −11.4% | |
| 2020 | +20.0% |
ENZL in the news
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ENZL Dividends
- 2.19%
- $1.01
- $0.44 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.58 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.44 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.62 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.35 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.98 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.47 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.24 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.55 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.89 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.56 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.76 |
ENZL Risk
- 15.1%
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.
- 0.07
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.
- −36.6%
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.
- 0.89
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ENZL Cost
- The middle half of Developed Single Country funds
- Median 0.50%
13 of the 38 Developed Single Country funds charge less.