iShares MSCI Spain ETF
$58.34+0.30 (+0.52%)
- 0.50%
- $2.3B
- +23.7%
- 2.87%
- 0.4M sh
- $57.60
- low $48.45high $63.44
The ETF.net EWP Grade
B
Score 62 out of 100
- 12 of 38
Score 62 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B55 out of 100Rank 10 of 38Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A79 out of 100Rank 9 of 35Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A72 out of 100Rank 7 of 37Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 15 of 38Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D32 out of 100Rank 30 of 36Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A76 out of 100Rank 7 of 38
Our read on EWP
BSpain in one ticker. Trading since 1996, back when single-country ETFs were a novelty, EWP still does one job: track an index of Spanish equities and hold a capped basket of the country's largest listed companies.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of Spanish equities.
Why people hold it
- An ETF-industry original: launched in 1996, decades before most country funds existed, and still running the same plain mandate of tracking an index of Spanish stocks.
- The 25/50 caps in the index do real work in a top-heavy market: no single company can run away with the basket, and the biggest positions are limited as a group.ishares.com
- Undiluted country exposure. No Europe-wide blend, no US filler, just Spanish equities, which makes it a clean single dial for anyone tilting a portfolio toward one market.
- A billion-dollar-plus fund from the biggest ETF shop on the street, which is rare staying power for a single-country wrapper.
Worth knowing
- At 0.50% a year it runs above the typical index tracker and many times a broad core fund like VT at 0.06%. One country's worth of exposure carries a premium.
- The stocks trade in euros while the fund trades in dollars, so the currency swing rides along on top of whatever the Spanish market does.
- Volume is moderate rather than heavy, and cash comes once or twice a year instead of quarterly. Limit orders and patience are the tools here.
EWP Holdings
- Stocks
- 25
- 74%
- SAN.MC
Sectors
- Financials44.4%
- Utilities23.5%
- Industrials12.1%
- Consumer Discretionary8.1%
- Energy5.2%
- Communication5.0%
- Information Technology1.7%
Geography
- Spain94.40%
- Netherlands3.73%
- United Kingdom1.87%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
EWP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EWP$12,370
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | EWP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.4% |
| 1 month | −6.6% |
| 3 months | −2.4% |
| 1 year | +23.7% |
| 3 years | +33.0% |
| 5 years | +19.7% |
| 10 years | +11.8% |
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 | EWP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.4% | |
| 2025 | +78.0% | |
| 2024 | +5.8% | |
| 2023 | +30.3% | |
| 2022 | −5.2% | |
| 2021 | +0.3% | |
| 2020 | −4.0% |
EWP in the news
EWP Dividends
- 2.87%
- $1.66
- $0.92 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
EWP Risk
- 16.2%
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.
- 1.60
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.
- −30.2%
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.
- 0.86
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EWP Cost
0.50%
EWP0.50%
- The middle half of Developed Single Country funds
- Median 0.50%
13 of the 38 Developed Single Country funds charge less.
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