iShares MSCI UAE ETF (UAE US)
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Performance
Share price activity
- Last (Price)
- 19.16
- Change
- ▼ -0.27 (-1.39)
- Bid / Ask
- 19.08 - 21.71
- Volume
- 15,878
- Turnover
- 276,115
- Open
- 19.13
- Day Range
- 19.13 - 19.19
- VWAP
- 19.16
- Prev Close
- 19.43
- Last Trade
- 29/10 4:00pm
Fund profile
Fund size
$298.6M
OCT 2026
Distributions
Semi-Annually
Since inception
12.5 yrs
APR 2014
- Legal name
- iShares MSCI UAE ETF
- Issuer
- iShares
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Index fund
- Morningstar category
- Focused Region
- Category index
- MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD
- Benchmark
- MSCI EM NR USD
- ETF net assets
- $298.6M
- Units on issue
- 15.6M
- Management fee
- 0.59% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 29 APR 2014
- Listed
- 1 MAY 2014
- Index provider
- MSCI Inc.
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI All UAE Capped Index composed of UAE equities. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index is designed to measure the equity market in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"). The fund is non-diversified.
Asset allocation
US equity 0.00%Non-US equity 99.84%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.84 | 99.84 | 0.00 |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cash | 0.16 | 7.84 | 7.68 |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sector exposure
Cyclical 63.15%Sensitive 31.43%Defensive 5.42%
- Basic Materials
- 0.00%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 4.89%
- Financial Services
- 38.49%
- Real Estate
- 19.77%
- Communication Services
- 13.08%
- Energy
- 6.98%
- Industrials
- 10.47%
- Technology
- 0.91%
- Consumer Defensive
- 1.50%
- Healthcare
- 0.00%
- Utilities
- 3.92%
Region exposure
Developed markets 100.00%Emerging markets 0.00%
- North America
- 0.00%
- Latin America
- 0.00%
- United Kingdom
- 0.00%
- Europe Developed
- 0.00%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 100.00%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
- Asia Developed
- 0.00%
- Asia Emerging
- 0.00%
Country exposure
- Other Countries
- 100.00%
Style box
- Style
- Large Value
Size score
203
Value-growth score
43
Market capitalisation
- Giant
- 0.00%
- Large
- 61.14%
- Mid
- 26.56%
- Small
- 10.10%
- Micro
- 2.21%
Large 61%Mid 27%Small 10%Micro 2%
- Average market cap
- $18.74B
- Number of holdings
- 116
- Shares held
- 57
Portfolio statistics · 12 OCT 2026
- Price / earnings
- 9.12
- Price / book
- 1.59
- Price / sales
- 2.69
- Price / cash flow
- 7.00
- Dividend yield
- 4.97%
- Assets in top 10
- 65.90%
- Return on equity
- 22.13%
- Net margin
- 35.80%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 20.51%
Top holdings · top 10 = 66.32% of assets
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC FAB | 13.04 | FEB 2026 | 42.4M | AED | 7.9M | Financial Services | United Arab Emirates | |
| Emirates Telecommunications Group Co PJSC EAND | 11.18 | FEB 2026 | 36.3M | AED | 6.2M | Communication Services | United Arab Emirates | |
| Emaar Properties PJSC EMAAR | 10.58 | FEB 2026 | 34.4M | AED | 10.9M | Real Estate | United Arab Emirates | |
| Emirates NBD PJSC EMIRATESNB | 8.68 | FEB 2026 | 28.2M | AED | 3.3M | Financial Services | United Arab Emirates | |
| Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank ADCB | 4.78 | FEB 2026 | 15.6M | AED | 3.4M | Financial Services | United Arab Emirates | |
| Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ADIB | 4.48 | FEB 2026 | 14.6M | AED | 2.3M | Financial Services | United Arab Emirates | |
| Aldar Properties PJSC ALDAR | 4.13 | FEB 2026 | 13.4M | AED | 6.0M | Real Estate | United Arab Emirates | |
| Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC DIB | 3.39 | FEB 2026 | 11.0M | AED | 5.6M | Financial Services | United Arab Emirates | |
| ADNOC Gas PLC ADNOCGAS | 3.35 | FEB 2026 | 10.9M | AED | 12.0M | Energy | United Arab Emirates | |
| Dubai Electricity & Water Authority PJSC DEWA | 2.70 | FEB 2026 | 8.8M | AED | 11.9M | Utilities | United Arab Emirates |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
3.3
3M
5.3
6M
13.2
YTD
8.2
1Y
10.7
3Y
13.6
5Y
10.6
10Y
5.8
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 3.31 | 3.19 | 3.36 | — |
| 3 months | 5.31 | 5.58 | 5.46 | — |
| 6 months | 13.18 | 11.22 | 13.51 | — |
| Year to date | 8.20 | 8.48 | 8.67 | — |
| 1 year | 10.67 | 10.88 | 11.32 | — |
| 3 years p.a. | 13.64 | 14.05 | 14.32 | — |
| 5 years p.a. | 10.62 | 10.34 | 11.28 | — |
| 10 years p.a. | 5.83 | 5.87 | 6.45 | — |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Total Capital
2016
11.9
2017
3.2
2018
-12.5
2019
-0.6
2020
-7.5
2021
44.7
2022
-6.0
2023
2.8
2024
15.9
2025
21.6
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.61 | 16.80 | — |
| 2024 | 15.85 | 12.15 | — |
| 2023 | 2.76 | -0.51 | — |
| 2022 | -6.04 | -8.50 | — |
| 2021 | 44.73 | 37.96 | — |
| 2020 | -7.53 | -11.70 | — |
| 2019 | -0.64 | -4.03 | — |
| 2018 | -12.49 | -17.04 | — |
| 2017 | 3.25 | -0.15 | — |
| 2016 | 11.88 | 6.87 | — |
| 2015 | -15.16 | -18.30 | — |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | -5.41 | -0.25 | 4.91 | 0.07 |
| Beta | 0.85 | 0.65 | 0.40 | 0.62 |
| R-squared | 61.17 | 30.13 | 14.88 | 28.39 |
| Standard deviation | 19.23 | 15.63 | 16.06 | 17.53 |
| Sharpe ratio | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.27 |
| Sortino ratio | 0.54 | 0.85 | 0.66 | 0.38 |
| Tracking error | 12.29 | 13.90 | 17.47 | 15.89 |
| Information ratio | -0.76 | -0.50 | 0.06 | -0.22 |
| Upside capture % | 74.57 | 54.30 | 49.27 | 53.28 |
| Downside capture % | 99.37 | 29.41 | 17.47 | 48.50 |
| Maximum drawdown % | -13.31 | -13.31 | -23.78 | -42.84 |
Measured against MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Risk score
76.0
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 4.035
- Est. holding cost %
- 0.660
- Market impact cost %
- 0.075
- Best quarter
- 23.05% · APR 2016
- Worst quarter
- -31.65% · MAR 2020
Fees and costs
- Management fees and costs
- 0.59% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 30 DEC 2025
Distributions
- Latest distribution
- 0.6631
- Ex Date
- 15 JUN 2026
- Record Date
- 15 JUN 2026
- Pay Date
- 18 JUN 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 19.06
- Paid this year
- 0.6631
Distributions by year
2024
0.8
2023
0.5
2022
0.5
2021
0.4
2020
0.8
2019
0.6
2018
0.5
2017
0.8
2016
0.6
2015
0.8
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7843 |
| 2023 | 0.5463 |
| 2022 | 0.4827 |
| 2021 | 0.3985 |
| 2020 | 0.7880 |
| 2019 | 0.5604 |
| 2018 | 0.4759 |
| 2017 | 0.7619 |
| 2016 | 0.5687 |
| 2015 | 0.7836 |
Distribution history
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 15 JUN 2026 | 0.6631 |
| 16 DEC 2025 | 0.1883 |
| 16 JUN 2025 | 0.5960 |
| 17 DEC 2024 | 0.0188 |
| 11 JUN 2024 | 0.5276 |
| 20 DEC 2023 | 0.0943 |
| 7 JUN 2023 | 0.3884 |
| 13 DEC 2022 | 0.0324 |
| 9 JUN 2022 | 0.3662 |
| 13 DEC 2021 | 0.2829 |
| 10 JUN 2021 | 0.5052 |
| 14 DEC 2020 | 0.0076 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Low
ESG risk score
23.34
Category average 20.31
- Rank in category
- 91st percentile of 1,774 funds
- Environmental risk
- 3.90
- Social risk
- 7.61
- Governance risk
- 6.22
- Portfolio covered
- 91.6%
ESG risk of holdings
- Negligible
- 0.00%
- Low
- 42.19%
- Medium
- 42.85%
- High
- 10.89%
- Severe
- 4.07%
0.00% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Carbon risk score
11.96
Category average 11.06
- Carbon risk
- Medium Risk
- Rank in category
- 76th percentile of 388 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 13.86%
- Category average
- 15.05%
- Low Carbon Designation
- No
- Portfolio covered
- 90.4%
Fund managers
- Jennifer Hsui
- Peter Sietsema
- Matt Waldron
- Steven White
Tenure
- Number of managers
- 4
- Average tenure
- 4.3 years
- Longest tenure
- 12.5 years
- Longest serving
- Jennifer Hsui · since 29 APR 2014
- Most recent appointment
- Peter Sietsema, Matt Waldron, Steven White · since 1 APR 2025
- Managed since
- 29 APR 2014
- Other funds managed
- 388
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