iShares India 50 ETF
$42.17−0.20 (−0.46%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $520M
- 1Y return
- −11.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 9.66%
- Holdings
- 50
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $42.59
- 52W range
The ETF.net INDY Grade
Score 74 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.AScore 78Category 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 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 75Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 36Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 82Category rank
Our read on INDY
AIndia's headline index in a US wrapper. INDY tracks the Nifty 50, the National Stock Exchange benchmark quoted across Indian markets, holding about 50 of the country's largest listed companies and skipping the small-cap tail.
The fund seeks to track the Nifty 50 Index, which represents 50 leading Indian companies, using an indexing approach rather than active security selection.
Why people hold it
- The Nifty 50 is the NSE's flagship index: 50 stocks spanning 13 sectors, used across India for benchmarking, derivatives and index funds. In its US peer group, INDY is the fund built on it.nseindia.com
- 0.65% a year, below the 0.75% median for US single-country India funds.
- Straight indexing, no stock picking, and the fund has stayed very close to its benchmark. One of the tighter implementations among US India funds.ishares.com
- Trading since 2009 under the iShares roof, which makes it one of the longer-running US ways to own Indian large caps.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- About 50 names means the biggest Indian megacaps carry real weight here. Concentration is the design, not a bug, but it shows up in the ride.
- Cheaper India exposure exists: FLIN charges 0.19%, and INDA, also large-cap focused, comes in a touch under INDY.
- One country, one currency, one policy cycle. A single-market emerging equity fund moves harder than a global index fund, and INDY's swings run above its peer group's typical level.ishares.com
INDY Holdings
- Stocks
- 50
- 54%
- HDFCBANK.BO
Sectors
- Financials36.4%
- Consumer Discr.12.0%
- Energy10.3%
- Technology8.5%
- Industrials7.8%
- Materials7.3%
- Cons. Staples5.4%
- Communication5.0%
- Health Care4.8%
- Utilities2.5%
Geography
- India99.57%
- United States0.43%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
INDY 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 | INDY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −13.8% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | −3.2% |
| 1 year | −11.8% |
| 3 years | +0.5% |
| 5 years | −0.3% |
| 10 years | +5.4% |
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 | INDY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −13.8% | |
| 2025 | +5.0% | |
| 2024 | +3.5% | |
| 2023 | +16.9% | |
| 2022 | −7.3% | |
| 2021 | +19.5% | |
| 2020 | +10.0% |
INDY in the news
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INDY Dividends
- 9.66%
- $4.09
- $0.10 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $4.00 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.04 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.12 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.07 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $1.59 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $3.36 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.007 |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 | $0.03 |
| Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 21, 2019 | $0.23 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 4, 2019 | $0.02 |
INDY Risk
- 12.4%
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.
- −0.16
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.
- −22.4%
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.
- 0.52
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
INDY Cost
- The middle half of India funds
- Median 0.75%
4 of the 19 India funds charge less.