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iShares MSCI France (EWQ)

Equity ETF · iShares (BlackRock) · NYSE ARCA · 59 holdings
$41.51 ▲ +0.14 (0.34%)
At close · USD · Volume 378,385
52-week range
$40.93 – $48.39
Day's range
$41.47 – $41.81
1-year total return
−5.3%

EWQ price chart

Daily, split-corrected, distributions markedEnd-of-day prices

EWQ fund facts

FundiShares MSCI France ETF
TickerEWQ · NYSE ARCA
Issuer (by our rules)iShares (BlackRock)
Category (by our rules)Equity
Expense ratio0.50%
Holdings59
Net assets (fund, SEC)$338M
Yield (last 12 months)3.17%
DistributionsSemi-annual
52-week range$40.93 – $48.39
Average volume (3 months)355,933
First price in our data18 Mar 1996
Issuer and category are assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name. Expense ratio and net assets come from SEC filings; where a fund does not file them (for example grantor trusts) the field stays empty.

Returns and risk

1 month
−5.3%
3 months
−7.6%
6 months
−6.3%
Year to date
−5.5%
1 year
−5.3%
3 years a year
+9.8%
5 years a year
+4.8%
10 years a year
+8.6%
Volatility (1 year)
17.2%
Largest drop, last year
−13.9%
Largest drop in our data
−61.4%
Total return includes distributions, from end-of-day prices adjusted for splits and distributions, to 26 Oct 2026. Periods of 3 years and longer are annualised and shown only when the fund's history is long enough. Volatility is the standard deviation of daily returns over the last year, annualised. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Cost: expense ratio

0.50% a year

On $10,000 invested that is about $50 a year in fund costs, taken out of the fund's assets.

Source: the fund's prospectus, as filed with the SEC on 30 Dec 2025 (risk/return summary data). Brokerage commissions and the bid-ask spread are separate costs.

Income: distributions

Paid, last 12 months
1.32 USD
Yield on today's price
3.17%
Frequency
Semi-annual
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026
Full EWQ dividend history →
Cash paid per current share (restated for share splits), before tax, from our market-data provider.

EWQ top holdings

#HoldingWeight
1 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 8.66%
2 TOTALENERGIES SE 8.01%
3 Airbus SE 6.26%
4 SAFRAN SA 6.22%
5 LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 6.02%
6 L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA 5.78%
7 BNP PARIBAS SA 5.45%
8 L'OREAL SA 4.93%
9 SANOFI SA 4.47%
10 AXA SA 3.61%
The top 10 make up 59.4% of the fund, out of 59 holdings.
Positions as of 31 Aug 2026, from the fund's Form N-PORT filed with the SEC. Public N-PORT holdings are quarter-end positions published about 60 days later, so they can be months old and the fund may have changed since.

Institutional holders of EWQ (Form 13F)

At 30 June 2026, 89 institutional managers reported owning EWQ shares to the SEC. Against 31 March 2026:

12 new23 added30 reduced21 unchanged11 sold out

Among the 97 managers that filed in both quarters and held EWQ in at least one of them, the shares they report changed by −10.8%, about −$40M at the 30 Jun 2026 price (share counts restated for splits).

#ManagerSharesValueChange in the quarter
1 Morgan Stanley 2.12M $96M +20.7%
2 BlackRock, Inc. 808,464 $37M −58.9%
3 Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 566,777 $26M Unchanged
4 Lido Advisors, LLC 551,592 $25M +15.8%
5 Jane Street Group, LLC 483,484 $22M −55.3%
6 Ameriprise Financial Inc 256,116 $12M +304.1%
7 LPL Financial LLC 203,502 $9M −14.7%
8 Flow Traders U.S. LLC 177,206 $8M New position
9 Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC 171,530 $8M −4.9%
10 Millburn Ridgefield LLC /DE/ 171,530 $8M −4.9%

Sold out since 31 March 2026, largest first: Equitable Holdings, Inc. (held $2M), Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (held $1M), Cobblestone Asset Management LLC (held $727K).

Quarter endManagers reportingReported shares, change vs the quarter before
30 Jun 202689−10.8%
31 Mar 202687+11.3%
31 Dec 202597−3.5%
30 Sep 202586−13.9%
30 Jun 202593–
Quarter-end positions, filed with the SEC up to 45 days later, so managers may have bought or sold since. Filings in this data run to 31 Aug 2026. Form 13F covers US institutional managers with at least $100 million in reportable securities and lists long positions only: options, short positions and smaller or non-US holders are not in it. A manager is a filer, not necessarily the final owner, and shares held for clients can be reported by more than one manager, so the lists overlap and are not a split of the fund; for the same reason we show no share of shares outstanding. Value is shares times the quarter-end close; change compares with the quarter before and is restated for splits. 1 filing row was left out because the value did not fit shares times price or exceeded the whole fund. "Smart money" is a label some analysts put on large institutions: these figures show who reported holding the fund, not that they were right, and they say nothing about where the price goes next. Source: SEC Form 13F data sets, updated when the SEC publishes the next quarter.

EWQ: frequently asked questions

What is EWQ?

EWQ is the iShares MSCI France ETF, issued by iShares (BlackRock), listed on NYSE ARCA. By our rules it is classed as "Equity". Its latest SEC filing lists 59 holdings.

What is the expense ratio of EWQ?

EWQ charges 0.50% a year, according to its prospectus filed with the SEC on 30 Dec 2025. On $10,000 that is about $50 a year in fund costs.

Does EWQ pay dividends?

Yes. EWQ paid 1.32 per share over the last 12 months, semi-annual, a trailing yield of 3.17% on today's price. The latest ex-dividend date was 15 Jun 2026.

What does EWQ hold?

The largest holdings in the latest SEC filing are SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE (8.7%), TOTALENERGIES SE (8.0%), Airbus SE (6.3%). The top 10 together make up 59.4% of the fund.

How has EWQ performed?

Total return including distributions to 26 Oct 2026: 1 year −5.3%, 3 years +9.8% a year, 5 years +4.8% a year. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Where the numbers come from

Prices and distributions end-of-day data from our market-data provider; returns are our own calculations from it.
Expense ratio and holdings SEC filings (prospectus risk/return data and Form N-PORT).
Category, issuer and leverage assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name.
X-Ray look-through our scores applied to the SEC holdings.
Institutional holders SEC Form 13F data sets: quarter-end positions of US institutional managers, our own arithmetic on them.
Read the methodology →

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