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iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares · US46435G3341

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker EWU (ISIN US46435G3341). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do…

· Tracks the MSCI United Kingdom index ?
Equity ?Unknown Physical ?
Mid-range feeOwns the shares directlyUnited Kingdom
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Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
1-year return ?
+16.6%
Price Return · to 2026-07-27
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.50%
All-in cost ≈ 0.00%

About this fund

What you own

The MSCI United Kingdom index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy.

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.50%Yearly fee (TER)
0.00%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Index tracked ?
MSCI United Kingdom
Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share
Launched
Mar 1996
30-year track record

Performance

99.2101102103105202320232024

Growth of $100 invested — both lines start at $100.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Average MSCI United Kingdom ETF (funds we track) ?

Compared with the average fund tracking the same index — our own data, not the licensed index itself.

YTD+7.7%
1 year+16.6%
3 years+12.5%
5 years+7.7%

Return, year by year

-7.5
+7.8
+2.6
+29.7
'22'23'24'25
3 of 4 up yearsBest: 2025 +29.7%Worst: 2022 -7.5%Calendar-year total returns, in USD

How bumpy has it been?

15.3%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-12.6%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
0.84
Return for the risk (3y) ?
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+43.9%
Since inception
Total growth since launch — about +7.5% a year.
+44.1%
Best 12 months
The strongest one-year stretch on record.
-21.7%
Worst 12 months
The weakest one-year stretch on record.
-26.2%
Worst fall on record ?
It clawed back in about 19 months.

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

ExchangeTickerCurrency
NYSEEWUUSD★ Primary
EUR listings
Frankfurt1699765DEUR
USD listings
B2EWUUSDUSD
B4EWUUSDUSD
CCEWUUSD
CCEWUCLUSD
CIEWUUSD
CIEWUCLUSD
EUEWUUSD
LA1699765DUSD
LSE0JNBUSD
LU1699765DUSD
MFEWU*USD
MMEWU*USD
MUEWU*USD
NYSE ArcaEWUUSD
OCEWUUSD
ODEWUUSD
TH0BYAUSD
UAEWUUSD
UBEWUUSD
UCEWUUSD
UDEWUUSD
UFEWUUSD
UMEWUUSD
USEWUUSD
UTEWUUSD
UXEWUUSD
VFEWUUSD
VGEWUUSD
VJEWUUSD
VKEWUUSD
VPEWUUSD
VTEWUUSD
VYEWUUSD
XETRAEWUUSD
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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 17% of similar ETFs📈 Higher 1-yr return than 20%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 25%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 25%📊 Behind its category by 2.2% (1-yr) (category average +18.8%)📊 Behind its category by 2.4% (3-yr) (category average +14.9%)📊 Behind its category by 1.6% (5-yr) (category average +9.3%)

Versus the Equity (stocks) · United Kingdom · USD ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

1.18
Sortino (3y) ?
0.99
Calmar (3y) ?
10.3%
Downside deviation ?
75%
Up months (hit rate) ?
$48.68
52-week high ?
$39.81
52-week low ?

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Index trackedMSCI United KingdomFTSE 100FTSE 100FTSE 100MSCI United KingdomMSCI United KingdomMSCI United Kingdom Ukdis
Yearly fee (TER)0.50%0.07%0.10%0.20%0.20%0.20%0.20%
All-in cost0.00%0.07%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Fund size€0€19B€16.2B€14.2B€4.4B€4.4B€4.4B
DomicileIrelandIrelandIrelandLULULU
ReplicationPhysical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.+12.5%+17.1%+17.8%+13.4%+17.3%+14.6%
5-yr return p.a.+7.7%+12.6%+12.9%+9.9%+13.3%
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Data as of 2026-07-27 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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