iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
$35.79+0.13 (+0.36%)
- 0.75%
- $583M
- −7.9%
- 2.90%
- 0.5M sh
- $36.11
- low $35.64high $41.18
The ETF.net KSA Grade
C
Score 43 out of 100
- 12 of 22
Score 43 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 100Rank 20 of 22Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D27 out of 100Rank 16 of 22Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B63 out of 100Rank 6 of 22Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A83 out of 100Rank 3 of 22Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A86 out of 100Rank 2 of 20Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A72 out of 100Rank 4 of 22
Our read on KSA
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.
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 Holdings
- Stocks
- 114
- 60%
- 1120.SR
Sectors
- Financials41.6%
- Materials12.6%
- Energy12.6%
- Communication9.0%
- Utilities4.8%
- Health Care4.3%
- Consumer Discretionary3.8%
- Consumer Staples3.7%
- Industrials3.1%
- Real Estate3.0%
- Information Technology1.6%
Geography
- Saudi Arabia99.91%
- United States0.08%
- United Kingdom0.01%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
KSA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
KSA$9,206
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 | KSA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.6% |
| 1 month | −6.7% |
| 3 months | −4.3% |
| 1 year | −7.9% |
| 3 years | +1.7% |
| 5 years | −0.9% |
| 10 years | +8.1% |
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 | KSA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.6% | |
| 2025 | −8.2% | |
| 2024 | −0.2% | |
| 2023 | +15.1% | |
| 2022 | −6.1% | |
| 2021 | +33.6% | |
| 2020 | +2.6% |
KSA in the news
KSA Dividends
- 2.90%
- $1.03
- $0.59 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
KSA Risk
- 15.2%
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.
- −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.
- −28.1%
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.
- 0.19
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
KSA Cost
0.75%
KSA0.75%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Single Country funds
- Median 0.59%
19 of the 21 Emerging Markets Single Country funds charge less.
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