iShares MSCI Singapore ETF
$33.34−0.26 (−0.76%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $1.4B
- 1Y return
- +21.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.53%
- Holdings
- 17
- Volume · 30D
- 1M sh
- NAV per share
- $33.24
- 52W range
The ETF.net EWS Grade
Score 60 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.BScore 55Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 59Category 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 81Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 22Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 76Category rank
Our read on EWS
BOne of the 1996 originals, still doing the same job: Singapore's large and mid caps in one ticker. Index rules cap any single issuer at 25%, which matters in a market this top-heavy.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of Singaporean equities, providing targeted exposure to companies in Singapore.
Why people hold it
- Launched in March 1996, making it one of the first single-country ETFs ever listed in the US. Decades later it is still a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively.aaii.com
- One ticker for the Singapore market: it tracks the MSCI Singapore 25/50 Index, the large and mid cap slice, with no stock picking and no hunting down foreign listings.ishares.com
- The 25/50 index rules are a real feature: no issuer above 25% of the index, and issuers over 5% capped at 50% combined, reset at quarterly rebalances.msci.com
- Sits in the upper half of the developed single-country group, with the trading depth and operational backing that come with a long-tenured BlackRock fund.
Worth knowing
- The 0.50% expense ratio sits right at the middle of its peer group, but index rivals such as FLAU and FLKR charge 0.09%. Country access here is not the cheap end of the shelf.
- One country, one compact basket. BlackRock notes funds concentrated in a specific market or sector can be more volatile than the broad market.ishares.com
- Cash comes back once or twice a year, not monthly, and the holdings trade in Singapore dollars, so currency swings ride along with the stocks.ishares.com
EWS Holdings
- Stocks
- 17
- 83%
- O39.SI
Sectors
Geography
EWS 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 | EWS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +24.3% |
| 1 month | −0.5% |
| 3 months | +12.8% |
| 1 year | +21.1% |
| 3 years | +28.6% |
| 5 years | +13.3% |
| 10 years | +9.1% |
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 | EWS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +24.3% | |
| 2025 | +31.3% | |
| 2024 | +22.1% | |
| 2023 | +6.2% | |
| 2022 | −9.8% | |
| 2021 | +5.6% | |
| 2020 | −8.5% |
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EWS Dividends
- 3.53%
- $1.18
- $0.52 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.52 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.67 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.58 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.35 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.53 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.68 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.21 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.28 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $1.00 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.28 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.36 |
EWS Risk
- 11.3%
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.
- 1.86
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.
- −29.0%
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.
- 0.54
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EWS Cost
- The middle half of Developed Single Country funds
- Median 0.50%
13 of the 38 Developed Single Country funds charge less.