EWY holdings and overlap
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) holds 76 positions in its iShares file of 2026-10-27. Its three largest are Samsung Electronics Ltd (005930.KR) at 23.14%, SK Hynix (000660.KR) at 23.11% and SK Square (402340.KR) at 2.78%, and its ten largest make up 60.9% of the fund.
In its iShares file of 2026-10-27, EWY is 46.3% technology, 7.5% industrials and 4.6% financials by sector (no sector found for 32.9%), with none of it in mega-cap tech or in the ten largest US companies by market value. By country, 98.9% of EWY is in South Korea.
What does EWY hold, as of its issuer file of 2026-10-27?
Samsung Electronics Ltd is 23.14% of EWY on its own, against a median largest position of 17.9% across the 14 Asia Pacific ex Japan funds with a page here. The position EWY carries furthest above that group is SK Hynix at 23.11% of the fund, a company the median fund in that group does not hold at all.
| Rank | Company | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 005930.KR Samsung Electronics Ltd | 23.14% | |
| 2 | 000660.KR SK Hynix | 23.11% | |
| 3 | 402340.KR SK Square | 2.78% | |
| 4 | 009150.KR Samsung Electro Mechanics Ltd | 2.67% | |
| 5 | 105560.KR KB Financial Group | 2.06% | |
| 6 | 055550.KR Shinhan Financial Group | 1.54% | |
| 7 | 005380.KR Hyundai Motor | 1.51% | |
| 8 | 086790.KR Hana Financial Group | 1.39% | |
| 9 | 006400.KR Samsung Sdi Ltd | 1.38% | |
| 10 | 068270.KR Celltrion | 1.35% | |
| 11 | 035420.KR Naver | 1.17% | |
| 12 | 028260.KR Samsung C&T Corp | 1.14% | |
| 13 | 034020.KR Doosan Enerbility Ltd | 1.12% | |
| 14 | 000270.KR Kia Corporation | 1.12% | |
| 15 | 012450.KR Hanwha Aerospace Ltd | 1.11% | |
| 16 | 032830.KR Samsung Life Ltd | 1.01% | |
| 17 | 033780.KR KT&G Corp | 0.99% | |
| 18 | 373220.KR LG Energy Solution Ltd | 0.98% | |
| 19 | 316140.KR Woori Financial Group Inc | 0.97% | |
| 20 | 000810.KR Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance LT | 0.97% | |
| 21 | 005490.KR Posco | 0.91% | |
| 22 | 012330.KR Hyundai Mobis Ltd | 0.91% | |
| 23 | 207940.KR Samsung Biologics | 0.89% | |
| 24 | 066570.KR LG Electronics Inc | 0.88% | |
| 25 | 034730.KR SK Inc | 0.77% | |
| 26 | 138040.KR Meritz Financial Group Inc | 0.69% | |
| 27 | 196170.KR Alteogen Inc | 0.67% | |
| 28 | 010120.KR LS Electric Ltd | 0.66% | |
| 29 | 018260.KR Samsung SDS | 0.65% | |
| 30 | 005830.KR DB Insurance Ltd | 0.63% | |
| 31 | 003550.KR LG | 0.62% | |
| 32 | 051910.KR LG Chem Ltd | 0.61% | |
| 33 | 009540.KR HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore E | 0.59% | |
| 34 | 010140.KR Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd | 0.59% | |
| 35 | 035720.KR Kakao | 0.58% | |
| 36 | 011200.KR HMM Ltd | 0.57% | |
| 37 | 086280.KR Hyundai Glovis Ltd | 0.55% | |
| 38 | 298040.KR Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp | 0.55% | |
| 39 | 003490.KR Korean Air Lines Ltd | 0.54% | |
| 40 | 042700.KR Hanmi Semiconductor | 0.53% | |
| 41 | 000100.KR Yuhan | 0.52% | |
| 42 | 267260.KR HD Hyundai Electric | 0.52% | |
| 43 | 024110.KR Industrial Bank of Korea | 0.51% | |
| 44 | 278470.KR Apr Ltd | 0.5% | |
| 45 | 010950.KR S-Oil | 0.5% | |
| 46 | 329180.KR HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd | 0.5% | |
| 47 | 086520.KR Ecopro Ltd | 0.5% | |
| 48 | 090430.KR Amorepacific | 0.49% | |
| 49 | 096770.KR SK Innovation Ltd | 0.49% | |
| 50 | 000720.KR Hyundai Engineering & Construction | 0.48% | |
| 51 | 000150.KR Doosan Corp | 0.48% | |
| 52 | 003230.KR Sam Yang Foods Inc | 0.48% | |
| 53 | 047810.KR Korea Aerospace Industries | 0.47% | |
| 54 | 003670.KR Posco Future M Ltd | 0.46% | |
| 55 | 161390.KR Hankook Tire & Technology Ltd | 0.46% | |
| 56 | 071050.KR Korea Investment Holdings Ltd | 0.45% | |
| 57 | 323410.KR Kakaobank | 0.45% | |
| 58 | 259960.KR Krafton | 0.43% | |
| 59 | 005387.KR Hyundai Motor S2 Pref | 0.42% | |
| 60 | 352820.KR Hybe | 0.42% | |
| 61 | 042660.KR Hanwha Ocean Ltd | 0.41% | |
| 62 | 247540.KR Ecopro BM Ltd | 0.41% | |
| 63 | 272210.KR Hanwha Systems Ltd | 0.4% | |
| 64 | 017670.KR SK Telecom | 0.39% | |
| 65 | 079550.KR Lig DEFENSE&AEROSPACE Ltd | 0.39% | |
| 66 | 005940.KR NH Investment & Securities | 0.39% | |
| 67 | 267250.KR HD Hyundai Ltd | 0.39% | |
| 68 | 064350.KR Hyundai-Rotem | 0.36% | |
| 69 | 005385.KR Hyundai Motor S1 Pref | 0.35% | |
| 70 | 015760.KR Korea Electric Power | 0.35% | |
| 71 | 006800.KR Mirae Asset Securities Co Ltd | 0.31% | |
| 72 | 032640.KR LG Uplus | 0.21% | |
| 73 | 005935.KR Samsung Electronics Non Voting Pre | 0.05% | |
| 74 | 011070.KR LG Innotek Ltd | 0.04% | |
| 75 | 2079401G.KR Samsung Biologics R Rights | 0.01% | |
| 76 | 023530.KR Lotte Shopping Ltd | 0.0% |
The most recent file iShares has published for EWY is dated 2026-10-27, 1 day before these prices, which is the median for the iShares ETFs covered here. Every one of the 76 positions EWY holds, with its weight, is in the fund's JSON file. See the other 37 ETFs with a page here that hold 005930.KR, and how their weights compare with the 23.14% EWY gives it.
Category: Asia Pacific ex Japan, 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 South Korea, which this site counts in Asia Pacific ex Japan. How categories are set.
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On the close of Friday, October 23, 2026, EWY neither created nor redeemed shares. Over its last 5 closes, a net inflow of $402 million, 3 of them measured.
From EWY's own holdings files. Every ETF's latest flows.
How is EWY split by sector and country?
| Sector | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | 46.3% | |
| Industrials | 7.5% | |
| Financials | 4.6% | |
| Consumer discretionary | 3.4% | |
| Communication services | 1.6% | |
| Energy | 1.4% | |
| Materials | 0.9% | |
| Utilities | 0.3% | |
| No sector found | 32.9% |
| Country | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 98.9% |
From its iShares file of 2026-10-27. How these are measured.
What did EWY hold in its SEC reports since 2019?
In EWY's SEC filings, its largest position went from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KR) at 21.82% on 2019-11-30 to SK Hynix Inc (000660.KR) at 30.85% on 2026-05-31, across 27 quarterly reports.
| Report | Positions | Largest | Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-30 | 109 | 005930.KR 21.82% | 47.7% |
| 2020-11-30 | 105 | 005930.KR 23.38% | 53.0% |
| 2021-11-30 | 105 | 005930.KR 23.71% | 54.1% |
| 2022-11-30 | 109 | 005930.KR 23.16% | 50.3% |
| 2023-11-30 | 104 | 005930.KR 24.17% | 51.3% |
| 2024-11-30 | 91 | 005930.KR 22.52% | 52.1% |
| 2025-11-30 | 81 | 005930.KR 23.00% | 56.7% |
| 2026-05-31 | 79 | 000660.KR 30.85% | 70.2% |
The first report, then the last of each year, of the 27 reports EWY 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/ewy/{date}.json. How these are read.
What does EWY share with other ETFs?
The ETF nearest to EWY is AIA: the two hold 24.7% of their weight in common, in the 13 companies both own, and 60.2% of EWY itself is also held there. No covered ETF holds more than that in common with EWY; it duplicates nothing here closely.
| ETF | Overlap by weight | Of EWY held there | Of that ETF in EWY | Companies in both | Overlap bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIA | 24.7% | 60.2% | 26.7% | 13 | |
| EMXC | 22.8% | 100.0% | 24.0% | 75 | |
| XSOE | 21.7% | 96.1% | 21.7% | 64 | |
| AAXJ | 20.5% | 100.0% | 21.6% | 75 | |
| EEMX | 18.8% | 97.5% | 19.8% | 70 | |
| ESGE | 18.5% | 76.5% | 19.6% | 33 | |
| EEM | 18.3% | 100.0% | 19.2% | 75 | |
| EEMA | 18.3% | 100.0% | 18.4% | 74 | |
| HEEM | 18.3% | 100.0% | 19.2% | 75 | |
| VPL | 18.2% | 100.0% | 19.1% | 75 | |
| IEMG | 16.1% | 100.0% | 16.9% | 76 | |
| EMGF | 15.9% | 87.4% | 16.6% | 50 |
XSOE's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-31. VPL'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 EWY against any ETF in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.
What adds something different to EWY?
IYR shares 0% of weight with EWY and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.16 over three years. The table lists the covered ETFs with the least in common with EWY, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.
| ETF | Name | Overlap by weight | Correlation, 3y | Companies in both |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF | 0.0% | 0.16 | 0 |
| USMV | iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.0% | 0.18 | 0 |
| USRT | iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | 0.0% | 0.19 | 0 |
| REET | iShares Global REIT ETF | 0.0% | 0.26 | 0 |
| IJR | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.37 | 0 |
| IJH | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.44 | 0 |
| THRO | iShares U.S. Thematic Rotation Active ETF | 0.0% | 0.52 | 0 |
| URTH | iShares MSCI World ETF | 0.0% | 0.54 | 0 |
Cost, returns and risk
| Expense ratio | 0.59% |
|---|---|
| Dividend yield | 1.11% |
| Total return, 1 year | 74.9% |
| Total return, 3 years cumulative | 198.7% |
| Total return, 5 years cumulative | 131.8% |
| Volatility, annualised | 35.9% |
| Worst fall, 3 years | -31.4% |
| Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns | 1.32 |
| Weight in the ten largest positions | 60.9% |
| Largest single position | 23.1% |
| Assets under management | $26.2B |
Expense ratio, yield and assets are reference data (the expense ratio from EWY'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 | 0.51loosely linked | 254 |
| QQQ | 0.60loosely linked | 415 |
Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.
Year by year
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 70.7% |
| 2025 | 95.3% |
| 2024 | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 19.1% |
| 2022 | -26.6% |
One year
Where to go next
- GMF, State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF
- THD, iShares MSCI Thailand ETF
- AAXJ, iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF
- AIA, iShares Asia 50 ETF
- Run a portfolio x-ray to see what EWY carries once you look through it
- Compare EWY 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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