iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF
$68.14−1.02 (−1.47%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $9.7B
- 1Y return
- +16.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.66%
- Holdings
- 216
- Volume · 30D
- 1M sh
- NAV per share
- $68.91
- 52W range
The ETF.net EZU Grade
Score 73 of 100 sits in the A 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 59Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 54Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 73Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 73Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 81Category rank
Our read on EZU
AEurope minus the UK, Switzerland and the Nordics. EZU holds only developed countries that use the euro, about 220 large and mid caps, and it has been doing that job since 2000.
The fund seeks to track an index of large- and mid-cap equities from developed countries that use the euro, providing diversified Eurozone equity exposure.
Why people hold it
- The euro-only cut of Europe: the MSCI EMU index covers large and mid caps in developed countries inside the currency union, so no UK, Swiss or Nordic names ride along.msci.com
- Trading since 2000 and now a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund, one of the established ways to own the Eurozone through a single US-listed ticker.
- Roughly 220 stocks reaching about 85% of the euro bloc's free-float market value: the whole currency union, not a country or sector wager.msci.com
- Tracking is the strong suit here. It has followed its benchmark closely, which is most of the job description for a plain index wrapper.
Worth knowing
- 0.50% a year sits above the 0.45% median for index wrappers in its group and far above global one-fund options like VT at 0.06%.
- Currency comes with the package. The euro's moves against the dollar flow straight into your dollar return; iShares runs HEZU on the same index for the hedged version.ishares.com
- Large and mid caps only. Eurozone small caps and non-euro Europe (UK, Switzerland) sit outside the mandate by design.msci.com
EZU Holdings
- Stocks
- 216
- 30%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials26.5%
- Industrials20.1%
- Technology15.7%
- Consumer Discr.7.9%
- Utilities6.2%
- Health Care5.9%
- Cons. Staples5.3%
- Materials4.1%
- Energy3.9%
- Communication3.7%
- Real Estate0.8%
Geography
- Germany25.14%
- France24.79%
- Netherlands18.57%
- Spain11.30%
- Italy9.32%
- Finland3.46%
- Belgium2.45%
- Ireland1.52%
- 3.45%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
EZU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EZU$11,616
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 | EZU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.8% |
| 1 month | −3.3% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +16.2% |
| 3 years | +20.6% |
| 5 years | +9.9% |
| 10 years | +10.0% |
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 | EZU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.8% | |
| 2025 | +40.0% | |
| 2024 | +2.3% | |
| 2023 | +23.4% | |
| 2022 | −17.2% | |
| 2021 | +13.9% | |
| 2020 | +7.6% |
EZU in the news
EZU Dividends
- 2.66%
- $1.84
- $1.23 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $1.23 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.61 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $1.22 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.33 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $1.04 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.35 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.86 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.17 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.93 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | $0.12 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.60 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.48 |
EZU Risk
- 14.1%
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.
- 1.02
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.
- −36.0%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EZU Cost
0.50%
EZU0.50%
- The middle half of Europe Region funds
- Median 0.51%
4 of the 12 Europe Region funds charge less.