iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF
$91.30−1.78 (−1.91%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $563M
- 1Y return
- +62.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.83%
- Holdings
- 25
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $91.51
- 52W range
The ETF.net EPU Grade
Score 51 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.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.BScore 57Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 14Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 70Category rank
Our read on EPU
CPeru in one ticker. iShares has run this since 2009, tracking a capped MSCI Peru index that holds only about two dozen names, and the fund's own title flags exposure reaching beyond Lima-listed shares.
The Fund seeks to track an equity index with exposure to Peru, specifically the MSCI All Peru Capped Index.
Why people hold it
- Launched in 2009, a long run for a single-country emerging-market fund, and still run by iShares.
- No clever overlay. It samples the MSCI All Peru Capped Index, a capped design that limits how large any single name gets in the basket.ishares.com
- Priced at 0.59%, the middle of its single-country emerging-market cohort. Same sticker as the iShares Poland (EPOL) and South Africa (EZA) funds.
- Lands in the upper half of its single-country emerging-market peer group on our review.
Worth knowing
- Around 25 holdings in one emerging market. That is a concentrated slice of the world, and it moves with a handful of large names rather than a broad economy.
- Moderately traded rather than heavily traded, so bid-ask spreads deserve a look before an order goes in.
- Distributions land once or twice a year, not monthly. Fine for total-return holders, lumpy for anyone budgeting off payouts.
EPU Holdings
- Stocks
- 25
- 72%
- 0U8N.L
Sectors
- Materials55.1%
- Financials27.0%
- Consumer Discr.4.3%
- Cons. Staples3.0%
- Industrials2.8%
- Utilities2.7%
- Real Estate2.7%
- Communication1.3%
- Health Care1.0%
Geography
- Peru44.94%
- United States24.77%
- Canada10.49%
- Chile6.54%
- United Kingdom4.34%
- Colombia3.04%
- Australia2.93%
- Panama1.93%
- 1.01%
Developed 25% · Emerging 75%
EPU 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 | EPU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +30.7% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | +6.2% |
| 1 year | +62.1% |
| 3 years | +50.7% |
| 5 years | +34.4% |
| 10 years | +14.2% |
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 | EPU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +30.7% | |
| 2025 | +86.8% | |
| 2024 | +21.8% | |
| 2023 | +25.3% | |
| 2022 | +2.1% | |
| 2021 | −11.8% | |
| 2020 | −4.3% |
EPU in the news
ETF.net Research hasn’t filed on EPU yet — coverage lands here as it’s written.
EPU Dividends
- 1.83%
- $1.71
- $1.42 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $1.42 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.28 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.90 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $1.30 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.99 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.71 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.72 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.51 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $1.09 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.67 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.26 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.18 |
EPU Risk
- 23.3%
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.
- 1.61
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.
- −35.5%
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.
- 1.13
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EPU Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Single Country funds
- Median 0.59%
6 of the 21 Emerging Markets Single Country funds charge less.