iShares MSCI Poland ETF
$44.63−0.94 (−2.07%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $844M
- 1Y return
- +48.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.23%
- Holdings
- 32
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $45.64
- 52W range
The ETF.net EPOL Grade
Score 63 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 50Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 62Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 76Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 87Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 50Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 77Category rank
Our read on EPOL
BPoland in one ticket. Running since 2010, EPOL holds roughly 30 Polish stocks under MSCI's 25/50 capping rules, and it sits in the upper tier of single-country emerging-market funds.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of Polish equities.
Why people hold it
- One trade, one market: the fund tracks an index of Polish equities, the MSCI Poland IMI 25/50 Index, instead of burying Poland inside a broad emerging-markets basket.ishares.com
- The 25/50 capping in the index limits how much of the portfolio any single stock or cluster of large names can occupy, a real issue in a market this narrow.ishares.com
- Open since 2010 with an iShares operating history behind it, and it ranks among the stronger single-country emerging-market funds in our coverage.
- At 0.59% a year, the fee lands right at the median for single-country emerging-market ETFs. Standard toll for niche access, not a premium.
Worth knowing
- About 30 holdings in one country. Concentration is the design, so Polish banks, policy and politics drive the ride more than any stock-picking cushion.
- Returns come home in dollars, so zloty moves against the dollar land in your result alongside what Polish shares actually do.ishares.com
- Cheaper tickets exist in the cohort (FLMX runs 0.19%), but they buy different countries. Within Poland exposure, the fee is what it is.
EPOL Holdings
- Stocks
- 32
- 67%
- PKO.WA
Sectors
- Financials46.1%
- Energy14.5%
- Consumer Discr.12.7%
- Materials6.8%
- Cons. Staples5.2%
- Communication5.0%
- Utilities4.4%
- Technology3.1%
- Industrials1.6%
- Health Care0.7%
Geography
- Poland92.40%
- Luxembourg6.61%
- Cyprus0.95%
- United States0.04%
Developed 7% · Emerging 93%
EPOL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EPOL$14,836
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 | EPOL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +30.5% |
| 1 month | +2.6% |
| 3 months | +15.8% |
| 1 year | +48.4% |
| 3 years | +44.0% |
| 5 years | +19.5% |
| 10 years | +12.5% |
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 | EPOL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +30.5% | |
| 2025 | +77.4% | |
| 2024 | −2.5% | |
| 2023 | +50.8% | |
| 2022 | −24.6% | |
| 2021 | +12.2% | |
| 2020 | −8.4% |
EPOL in the news
EPOL Dividends
- 3.23%
- $1.47
- $0.30 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $1.17 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.51 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.83 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.43 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.65 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.27 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.14 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.22 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.06 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.10 |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 | $0.17 |
EPOL Risk
- 20.2%
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.
- 1.51
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.
- −54.2%
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.
- 0.73
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EPOL Cost
0.59%
EPOL0.59%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Single Country funds
- Median 0.59%
6 of the 21 Emerging Markets Single Country funds charge less.