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iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

KSANYSE ArcaiSharesC

$34.29+0.07 (+0.20%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

C40/ 100

Rank 14 of 22 in Emerging Markets Single Country

C40/100Rank 14 of 22inEmerging Markets Single Country
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 34.22 to 34.29. Range 34.29 to 34.48. Use the arrow keys to read each point.34.2534.3534.4034.4510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.75%
Fund size
$557M
1Y total return
−12.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.02%
Holdings
112
Avg volume · 30D
525K sh
52W range
low $33.60high $40.83
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net KSA Grade

C

Score 40 out of 100

Category
Emerging Markets Single Country⁠
Rank
14 of 22
Six-pillar profile for KSA. Scores out of 100: Cost 7, Risk 56, Mission 25, Tradability 80, Holdings 81, Durability 72. Strongest: Holdings (81). Weakest: Cost (7). Leans toward Holdings and Tradability.

Score 40 of 100 falls in the C 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.
    F7 out of 100
    Rank 20 of 22

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    D25 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 22

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B56 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 22

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A80 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 22

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 20

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A72 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 22

Our read on KSA

ETF.net Research

In short

COne ticker, one country. KSA holds roughly 120 Saudi-listed companies through a capped MSCI index and has been doing it since 2015: a pure play on the Saudi market, not a sliver inside a broad emerging-markets fund.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track an index of Saudi Arabian equities and provides targeted exposure to companies in Saudi Arabia.

Why people hold it

  • Targeted exposure to Saudi Arabian equities in a US-listed, US-traded wrapper, tracking the MSCI Saudi Arabia IMI 25/50 Index.
  • About 120 names reaching from large caps down to small (the IMI part), with the index's 25/50 caps limiting how big any one holding can grow.
  • One of the more actively traded funds in the single-country emerging-market group, with assets in the hundreds of millions behind it.
  • Listed in 2015, a long tenure for a niche single-country fund, and the portfolio has held closely to what the mandate says it owns.

Worth knowing

  • 0.75% a year sits above the 0.59% median for single-country emerging-market funds, and well above the cheapest in that group (FLMX at 0.19%).
  • Everything rides on one market. Saudi-specific news moves the entire fund, with no other country in the basket to soften it.
  • Inside its single-country emerging-market peer group it sits in the lower tier, mainly on fee and on how closely results have matched the index.

KSA Performance

Launched Sep 16, 2015

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

KSA$8,731
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. KSA $8,731. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for KSA. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodKSA
Year to date−4.6%
1 month−5.8%
3 months−7.4%
1 year−12.7%
3 yearsper year−0.3%
5 yearsper year−2.1%
10 yearsper year+7.1%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for KSA
YearReturn barKSA
2026 YTD−4.6%
2025−8.2%
2024−0.2%
2023+15.1%
2022−6.1%
2021+33.6%
2020+2.6%

KSA in the news

KSA Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
3.02%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.03Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.59 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 21 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 20, 2017 $0.26; Dec 19, 2017 $0.34; Jun 19, 2018 $0.28; Dec 18, 2018 $0.44; Jun 17, 2019 $0.30; Dec 16, 2019 $0.37; Jun 15, 2020 $0.45; Dec 14, 2020 $0.09; Jun 10, 2021 $0.37; Dec 13, 2021 $0.26; Dec 30, 2021 $0.02; Jun 9, 2022 $0.33; Dec 13, 2022 $0.40; Jun 7, 2023 $0.49; Dec 20, 2023 $0.54; Jun 11, 2024 $0.61; Dec 17, 2024 $0.48; Dec 30, 2024 $0.32; Jun 16, 2025 $0.63; Dec 16, 2025 $0.44; Jun 15, 2026 $0.59. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 15, 2026Jun 22, 2026$0.59
Dec 16, 2025Dec 22, 2025$0.44
Jun 16, 2025Jun 23, 2025$0.63
Dec 30, 2024Jan 3, 2025$0.32
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.48
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.61
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.54
Jun 7, 2023Jun 13, 2023$0.49
Dec 13, 2022Dec 19, 2022$0.40
Jun 9, 2022Jun 15, 2022$0.33
Dec 30, 2021Jan 5, 2022$0.02
Dec 13, 2021Dec 17, 2021$0.26

See all 24 payments⁠

$10,000 in KSA 10 years ago paid $3,769 in dividends.⁠

KSA Risk

Risk pillarB56 out of 100Rank 8 of 22 in Emerging Markets Single Country
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
−0.23
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−28.1%
Trough Mar 2023
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.19
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

KSA Cost

Compare KSA and FLMX

Overpaying vs FLMX, cheapest in Emerging Markets Single Country

$10,530

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • KSA 0.75%

    $14,482

  • FLMX 0.19% Cheapest

    $3,952

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • KSA 0.75%
  • FLMX 0.19%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530KSA $14,482FLMX $3,952

Year by year

YearKSAFLMXOverpaying
10$1,336$347$989
20$5,078$1,351$3,727
30$14,482$3,952$10,530

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