EWU holdings and overlap
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) holds 66 positions in its iShares file of 2026-10-27. Its three largest are Shell (SHEL.GB) at 9.67%, HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.GB) at 9.45% and Astrazeneca PLC (AZN.GB) at 8.24%, and its ten largest make up 53.0% of the fund.
In its iShares file of 2026-10-27, EWU is 24.5% financials, 14.9% consumer staples and 13.8% energy by sector, with none of it in mega-cap tech or in the ten largest US companies by market value. By country, 99.5% of EWU is in the United Kingdom.
What does EWU hold, as of its issuer file of 2026-10-27?
EWU spreads its weight across 66 positions, against a median of 54 across the 25 Europe funds with a page here. The position EWU carries furthest above that group is HSBC Holdings PLC at 9.45% of the fund, a company the median fund in that group does not hold at all.
| Rank | Company | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHEL.GB Shell | 9.67% | |
| 2 | HSBA.GB HSBC Holdings PLC | 9.45% | |
| 3 | AZN.GB Astrazeneca PLC | 8.24% | |
| 4 | ULVR.GB Unilever PLC | 4.48% | |
| 5 | RR.GB Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 4.41% | |
| 6 | BP.GB BP PLC | 4.09% | |
| 7 | BATS.GB British American Tobacco | 3.83% | |
| 8 | GSK.GB Glaxosmithkline | 3.31% | |
| 9 | RIO.GB Rio Tinto | 2.9% | |
| 10 | NG.GB National Grid PLC | 2.58% | |
| 11 | BA.GB Bae Systems PLC | 2.54% | |
| 12 | LLOY.GB Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 2.53% | |
| 13 | BARC.GB Barclays PLC | 2.42% | |
| 14 | REL.GB Relx PLC | 2.19% | |
| 15 | GLEN.GB Glencore PLC | 2.16% | |
| 16 | NWG.GB Natwest Group PLC | 2.15% | |
| 17 | CPG.GB Compass Group PLC | 1.84% | |
| 18 | AAL.GB Anglo American PLC | 1.73% | |
| 19 | LSEG.GB London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 1.72% | |
| 20 | DGE.GB Diageo PLC | 1.66% | |
| 21 | STAN.GB Standard Chartered PLC | 1.5% | |
| 22 | TSCO.GB Tesco PLC | 1.43% | |
| 23 | RKT.GB Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 1.41% | |
| 24 | HLN.GB Haleon PLC | 1.41% | |
| 25 | SSE.GB Sse PLC | 1.28% | |
| 26 | EXPN.GB Experian PLC | 1.09% | |
| 27 | III.GB 3I Group Fund PLC | 0.97% | |
| 28 | PRU.GB Prudential PLC | 0.95% | |
| 29 | AV.GB Aviva PLC | 0.91% | |
| 30 | VOD.GB Vodafone Group PLC | 0.9% | |
| 31 | IMB.GB Imperial Brands PLC | 0.89% | |
| 32 | IHG.GB Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 0.74% | |
| 33 | NXT.GB Next PLC | 0.73% | |
| 34 | LGEN.GB Legal and General Group PLC | 0.66% | |
| 35 | HLMA.GB Halma PLC | 0.53% | |
| 36 | BT.A.GB BT Group PLC | 0.52% | |
| 37 | INF.GB Informa PLC | 0.5% | |
| 38 | ANTO.GB Antofagasta PLC | 0.49% | |
| 39 | UU.GB United Utilities Group PLC | 0.48% | |
| 40 | SGRO.GB Segro REIT PLC | 0.47% | |
| 41 | SGE.GB The Sage Group | 0.45% | |
| 42 | ADM.GB Admiral Group PLC | 0.42% | |
| 43 | DPLM.GB Diploma PLC | 0.41% | |
| 44 | BNZL.GB Bunzl | 0.4% | |
| 45 | CCH.GB Coca Cola HBC AG | 0.39% | |
| 46 | ITRK.GB Intertek Group PLC | 0.39% | |
| 47 | SVT.GB Severn Trent PLC | 0.37% | |
| 48 | RTO.GB Rentokil Initial PLC | 0.37% | |
| 49 | SN.GB Smith and Nephew PLC | 0.36% | |
| 50 | MKS.GB Marks and Spencer Group PLC | 0.36% | |
| 51 | EDV.GB Endeavour Mining | 0.36% | |
| 52 | SMIN.GB Smiths Group PLC | 0.34% | |
| 53 | MNG.GB M&G Fund PLC | 0.3% | |
| 54 | CNA.GB Centrica PLC | 0.3% | |
| 55 | SDLF.GB Standard Life PLC | 0.3% | |
| 56 | PSON.GB Pearson PLC | 0.26% | |
| 57 | KGF.GB Kingfisher PLC | 0.25% | |
| 58 | WISE.GB Wise PLC | 0.25% | |
| 59 | SBRY.GB Sainsbury(j) PLC | 0.25% | |
| 60 | MRO.GB Melrose Industries PLC | 0.25% | |
| 61 | ABF.GB Associated British Foods PLC | 0.23% | |
| 62 | LAND.GB Land Securities Group REIT PLC | 0.23% | |
| 63 | SPX.GB Spirax Group PLC | 0.23% | |
| 64 | FRES.GB Fresnillo PLC | 0.19% | |
| 65 | AAF.GB Airtel Africa PLC | 0.09% | |
| 66 | NMC.GB NMC Health PLC | 0.0% |
The most recent file iShares has published for EWU is dated 2026-10-27, 1 day before these prices, which is the median for the iShares ETFs covered here. Every one of the 66 positions EWU holds, with its weight, is in the fund's JSON file. See the other 45 ETFs with a page here that hold SHEL.GB, and how their weights compare with the 9.67% EWU gives it.
Category: Europe, set by TickerInside from the ETF's own latest file. In its file of 2026-10-27, 100% of its stocks with a known country are in the United Kingdom, which this site counts in Europe. How categories are set.
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On the close of Friday, October 23, 2026, EWU neither created nor redeemed shares. Over its last 5 closes, a net outflow of $37 million.
From EWU's own holdings files. Every ETF's latest flows.
How is EWU split by sector and country?
| Sector | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| Financials | 24.5% | |
| Consumer staples | 14.9% | |
| Energy | 13.8% | |
| Health care | 13.3% | |
| Industrials | 12.6% | |
| Materials | 7.8% | |
| Utilities | 5.0% | |
| Consumer discretionary | 3.8% | |
| Communication services | 1.9% | |
| Technology | 1.0% | |
| Real estate | 0.7% | |
| No sector found | 0.1% |
| Country | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 99.5% |
From its iShares file of 2026-10-27. How these are measured.
What did EWU hold in its SEC reports since 2019?
EWU's largest position in its SEC filings has been HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.GB) since 2019-11-30: 6.40% then and 10.06% in its report for 2026-05-31, across 27 quarterly reports.
| Report | Positions | Largest | Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-30 | 93 | HSBA.GB 6.40% | 42.6% |
| 2020-11-30 | 86 | ULVR.GB 7.60% | 44.4% |
| 2021-11-30 | 85 | AZN.GB 7.12% | 43.2% |
| 2022-11-30 | 82 | SHEL.GB 9.55% | 52.6% |
| 2023-11-30 | 83 | SHEL.GB 9.33% | 50.0% |
| 2024-11-30 | 78 | AZN.GB 8.43% | 47.4% |
| 2025-11-30 | 72 | AZN.GB 9.71% | 50.3% |
| 2026-05-31 | 72 | HSBA.GB 10.06% | 52.4% |
The first report, then the last of each year, of the 27 reports EWU filed on SEC Form N-PORT from 2019-11-30 to 2026-05-31, each company under its ticker today. Every position of every report is in its quarterly file, and at any date at /api/v1/history/ewu/{date}.json. How these are read.
What does EWU share with other ETFs?
The ETF nearest to EWU is EUFN: the two hold 23.1% of their weight in common, in the 14 companies both own, and 24.7% of EWU itself is also held there. No covered ETF holds more than that in common with EWU; it duplicates nothing here closely.
| ETF | Overlap by weight | Of EWU held there | Of that ETF in EWU | Companies in both | Overlap bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUFN | 23.1% | 24.7% | 23.2% | 14 | |
| IEV | 23.0% | 99.7% | 23.1% | 63 | |
| IEUR | 20.4% | 100.0% | 20.5% | 66 | |
| VGK | 20.0% | 99.7% | 20.1% | 65 | |
| SPEU | 18.8% | 100.0% | 18.9% | 65 | |
| EFV | 16.4% | 59.2% | 16.5% | 32 | |
| IQLT | 15.7% | 61.6% | 15.8% | 33 | |
| IVLU | 15.3% | 58.6% | 15.4% | 31 | |
| EFA | 14.6% | 100.0% | 14.7% | 66 | |
| HEFA | 14.5% | 100.0% | 14.7% | 66 | |
| QEFA | 14.4% | 99.5% | 14.5% | 63 | |
| ESGD | 13.9% | 83.9% | 14.0% | 40 |
VGK's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28. The other ETFs' holdings are from their issuers' latest files. Check EWU against any ETF in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.
What adds something different to EWU?
SOXX shares 0% of weight with EWU and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.31 over three years. The table lists the covered ETFs with the least in common with EWU, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.
| ETF | Name | Overlap by weight | Correlation, 3y | Companies in both |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOXX | iShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.0% | 0.31 | 0 |
| THRO | iShares U.S. Thematic Rotation Active ETF | 0.0% | 0.46 | 0 |
| VLUE | iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | 0.0% | 0.48 | 0 |
| SUSA | iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF | 0.0% | 0.54 | 0 |
| IJR | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.57 | 0 |
| USRT | iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | 0.0% | 0.57 | 0 |
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF | 0.0% | 0.58 | 0 |
| SMMD | iShares Russell 2500 ETF | 0.0% | 0.59 | 0 |
Cost, returns and risk
| Expense ratio | 0.50% |
|---|---|
| Dividend yield | 3.22% |
| Total return, 1 year | 14.6% |
| Total return, 3 years cumulative | 69.5% |
| Total return, 5 years cumulative | 71.4% |
| Volatility, annualised | 12.9% |
| Worst fall, 3 years | -9.9% |
| Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns | 0.49 |
| Weight in the ten largest positions | 53.0% |
| Largest single position | 9.7% |
| Assets under management | $3.7B |
Expense ratio, yield and assets are reference data (the expense ratio from EWU's SEC filing of 2025-12-19); the weight in the ten largest positions and the largest single position are from the issuer file of 2026-10-27; every other figure is computed here from weekly closes.
How it moves with the market
| Against | Correlation, 3 years | Covariance, annualised, in percent squared |
|---|---|---|
| SPY | 0.53loosely linked | 95 |
| QQQ | 0.36barely linked | 90 |
Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.
Year by year
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.1% |
| 2025 | 34.9% |
| 2024 | 6.7% |
| 2023 | 12.4% |
| 2022 | -4.4% |
One year
Where to go next
- EWUS, iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF
- EZU, iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF
- FEZ, State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF
- HEZU, iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF
- Run a portfolio x-ray to see what EWU carries once you look through it
- Compare EWU against any other ETF in the builder
Holdings from the most recent file iShares has published, dated 2026-10-27. Prices through 2026-10-28. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.
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