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KSAISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

$38.12+0.16% today
364152-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the index. The index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that incorporates foreign ownership limits and is designed to measure the performance of the large-, mid- and small- capitalization segments of the Saudi Arabia market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
39.938.436.938.12DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$254M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$35M walked out over the past month, about 5.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +3.7% so far this year. At 0.74% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$626Massets under management
0.74%expense ratio · $74 per $10,000 a year
−$35Mnet flow, trailing month
474Kavg daily volume, 30 days
402holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed September 15, 2015 · beta 0.49
The book at a glance
112013.7%222211.3%11808.7%70105.4%12114.8%10103.2%20102.9%11502.9%20822.7%10602.7%10502.0%70201.9%22801.9%20201.7%40131.6%10801.6%11401.5%72031.1%51101.1%82101.1%41900.8%103023801303

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
11120AL RAJHI BANK13.73%
22222SAUDI ARABIAN OIL11.28%
31180THE SAUDI NATIONAL BANK8.69%
47010SAUDI TELECOM5.38%
51211BYD LTD H4.80%
61010RIYAD BANK3.18%
72010SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES2.94%
81150ALINMA BANK2.93%
92082ACWA POWER CO2.71%
101060DAMAI ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LTD2.71%
111050BANQUE SAUDI FRANSI2.05%
127020ETIHAD ETISALAT1.92%
132280ALMARAI1.86%
142020ANTA SPORTS PRODUCTS LTD1.72%
154013DR SULAIMAN AL HABIB MEDICAL GRP1.62%

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Sector weights
Financials41.28%
Materials13.06%
Energy12.69%
Communication8.13%
Utilities4.56%
Health Care4.25%
Consumer Discretionary3.88%
Consumer Staples3.85%
Industrials3.2%
Real Estate3.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Saudi Arabia99.81%
United States0.16%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.8%
1 month+3.6%
3 months-0.6%
6 months-2.7%
YTD+3.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$2M
1 month−$35M
3 months−$63M
YTD−$19M
1 year+$21M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 13.7% of the book; the top ten carry 58%. Spread across 120+ names, it behaves like roughly 19 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
37calls today
10puts today
0.27put/call ratio
311Kshares traded
The case against KSA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat KSA on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-69bp on fee · 205× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-70bp on fee · 52× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-70bp on fee · 37× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-70bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-67bp on fee · 312× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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