IEFA
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Price: $77.25
Change: $0.17 (-0.0%)
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Vitals

Brand iShares
Structure ETF
Expense Ratio 0.07%
ETF Home Page Home page
Inception Oct 18, 2012

Analyst Report

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is the younger, cheaper variation on BlackRock’s flagship iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA). IEFA debuted in 2012 as part of the new ultra-low-cost iShares Core series, which was designed to attract buy-and-hold investors.


IEFA delivers broad exposure to developed markets equities outside of the U.S., and does it for a fraction of the price charged by the legacy iShares fund. IEFA also includes smaller-cap names ignored by its older sibling, making it a staple holding of long-term investors who want exposure to developed markets outside North America.


IEFA’s massive size makes it easy for institutional investors to buy and sell large blocks. But its pricier sibling is still favored by active traders, who prefer EFA for its deep liquidity, tight tracking and massive options market.


While IEFA beats EFA on fees, it is still not as cheap as rivals like the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) or Charles Schwab’s International Equity ETF (SCHF). But investors should note a few critical differences: Both VWO and SCHE track an indexes that include Canada and South Korea, whereas the iShares funds follow MSCI benchmarks that exclude Canada from EAFE indexes and lump South Korea in with emerging markets.


Unsuspecting investors who mix and match funds from different firms may find themselves either unintentionally overweight Canada and South Korea, or missing out on those countries entirely.

ETF Database Themes

Asset Class Equity
Asset Class Size Large-Cap
Asset Class Style Blend
Region (General) Developed Markets
Region (Specific) EAFE

FactSet Classifications

Segment Equity: Developed Markets Ex-North America - Total Market
Category Size and Style
Focus Total Market
Niche Broad-based
Strategy Vanilla
Weighting Scheme Market Cap

Trading Data

Open - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • Open
  • Volume
  • Day Lo
  • Day Hi
  • 52 Week Lo $59.26
  • 52 Week Hi $78.82
  • AUM $124,403.0 M
  • Shares 1,618.6 M

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume 6,961,009
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume 6,650,452

Alternative ETFs in the ETF Database Foreign Large Cap Equities Category

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest SPDW 0.03% $21.5 B 2 M 11.49%
Largest (AUM) VEA 0.06% $141.6 B 8 M 11.25%
Most Liquid (Volume) EFA 0.35% $57.6 B 11 M 11.86%
Top YTD Performer DINT 0.66% $193.9 M 8,498 36.59%

Alternative ETFs in the FactSet Equity: Developed Markets Ex-North America - Total Market Segment

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest EFAA 0.00% $124.1 M N/A N/A
Largest (AUM) EFA 0.35% $57.6 B 11 M 11.86%
Most Liquid (Volume) EFA 0.35% $57.6 B 11 M 11.86%
Top YTD Performer FENI 0.28% $1.7 B 137,102 15.33%

Top 15 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.

Holdings Comparison

IEFA ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Number of Holdings 2711 743 345
% of Assets in Top 10 12.44% 24.76% 53.93%
% of Assets in Top 15 16.27% 30.75% 56.94%
% of Assets in Top 50 32.58% 55.92% 71.04%

Size Comparison

IEFA ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Large (>12.9B) 75.65% 70.35% 43.21%
Mid (>2.7B) 17.44% 20.50% 9.38%
Small (>600M) 6.09% 2.28% 0.61%
Micro (<600M) 0.27% 0.11% 0.02%

IEFA Valuation

This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.

IEFA
P/E Ratio
13.05
ETF Database Category Average
P/E Ratio
10.23
FactSet Segment Average
P/E Ratio
6.54

IEFA Dividend

This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.

IEFA ETF Database Category Average FactSet Segment Average
Dividend $ 1.31 $ 0.46 $ 0.40
Dividend Date 2024-06-11 N/A N/A
Annual Dividend Rate $ 2.28 $ 1.29 $ 0.81
Annual Dividend Yield 2.89% 3.04% 1.54%

IEFA Price and Volume Charts

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IEFA Fund Flows Charts

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5 Day Net Flows: 619.68 M 1 Month Net Flows: 921.67 M 3 Month Net Flows: 921.67 M 6 Month Net Flows: 4.78 B 1 Year Net Flows: 9.85 B 3 Year Net Flows: 21.16 B 5 Year Net Flows: 39.2 B 10 Year Net Flows: 101.77 B

IEFA Price vs Flows AUM Influence Charts

View charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.

5 Day Net AUM Change: 2.29 B
1 Month Net AUM Change: 2.24 B
3 Month Net AUM Change: 8.38 B
6 Month Net AUM Change: 9.36 B
1 Year Net AUM Change: 28.18 B
3 Year Net AUM Change: 23.66 B
5 Year Net AUM Change: 59.05 B
10 Year Net AUM Change: 121.88 B

Realtime Rating

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for IEFA on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Foreign Large Cap Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A EFA
Expenses A SPDW
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

A+ Overall Rated ETF:

IEFA Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

IEFA
Expense Ratio
0.07%
ETF Database Category Average
Expense Ratio
0.39%
FactSet Segment Average
Expense Ratio
0.52%

Tax Analysis

Max ST Capital Gains Rate 39.60%
Max LT Capital Gains Rate 20.00%
Tax On Distributions Qualified dividends
Distributes K1 No
ESG Themes and Scores
7.57/10
ESG Score
89.04%
Global Percentile
43.21%
Peer Percentile
    • Revenue Exposure to Environmental Impact (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Environment Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      9.41%
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)
      90.34
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • High Impact Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Water Stress High Risk Business Segment (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress High Risk Geography (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Moderate (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure High (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Low (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Revenue Exposure to Energy Efficiency (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Alternative Energy (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Green Building (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Pollution Prevention (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Water Sustainability (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Social Impact (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      9.41%
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)
      10.74%
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Affordable Real Estate (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Education (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Major Disease Treatment (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Nutrition (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to Sanitation (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Revenue Exposure to SME Finance (%)
      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Human Rights Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Labor Norms Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Labor Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Labor Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Severe Customer Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation OR Watch List (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Catholic Values Fail (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Islamic Non-Compliant (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Adult Entertainment Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Alcohol Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Gambling Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Nuclear Power Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Tobacco Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Weapons Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Controversies Weapons Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Retailer (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Producer (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Direct Predatory Lending Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Genetic Engineering Involvement (%)
      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Governance Controversies (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Independent Board Majority (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (0-25%) (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (25-50%) (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (50-75%) (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (75-100%) (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • No Female Directors (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Three OR More Female Directors (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Females Represent 30% of Directors (%)
      Higher improves ESG score
    • Entrenched Board (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Overboarding (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Negative Director Votes (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Ownership AND Control Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • One Share One Vote (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Annual Director Elections (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Does Not Use Majority Voting (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Significant Votes Against Pay Practices (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder Concerns (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Cross Shareholdings (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Poison Pill (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Pay Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Pay Performance Link (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Internal Pay Equity (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Executive Pay Non-Disclosure (%)
      Lower improves ESG score
    • Accounting Flag (%)
      Lower improves ESG score

IEFA Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.

IEFA ETF Database
Category Average
Factset Segment
Average
1 Month Return 0.08% 0.99% -0.23%
3 Month Return 6.20% 6.69% 4.06%
YTD Return 11.75% 12.22% 7.89%
1 Year Return 27.36% 26.28% 15.75%
3 Year Return 4.54% 4.42% 3.23%
5 Year Return 8.05% 6.66% 3.33%

Geographic Exposure

The following charts reflect the geographic spread of IEFA's underlying holdings.

Region Percentage
Europe 62.75%
Asia Pacific 34.92%
North, Central and South America 0.84%
Other 0.26%
Country Percentage
Japan 23.8%
United Kingdom 14.24%
France 9.88%
Switzerland 9.45%
Germany 8.02%
Australia 7.61%
Netherlands 4.6%
Sweden 3.53%
Denmark 3.33%
Spain 2.56%
Italy 2.55%
Hong Kong 1.76%
Singapore 1.53%
Finland 1.06%
Israel 0.96%
Belgium 0.91%
Ireland 0.77%
Norway 0.66%
Austria 0.32%
New Zealand 0.29%
Luxembourg 0.27%
Other 0.26%
Portugal 0.19%
Bermuda 0.11%
China 0.03%
Macao 0.03%
Cyprus 0.02%
United States 0.01%
Malta 0.01%
Faroe Islands 0.01%
Gibraltar 0.0%
South Africa 0.0%

Holdings Analysis

The following charts reflect the allocation of IEFA's underlying holdings.

Sector Percentage
Finance 22.21%
Health Technology 12.13%
Producer Manufacturing 9.05%
Consumer Non-Durables 8.84%
Electronic Technology 7.42%
Technology Services 5.38%
Consumer Durables 5.03%
Process Industries 3.54%
Utilities 3.4%
Energy Minerals 3.26%
Non-Energy Minerals 3.22%
Retail Trade 3.18%
Communications 2.55%
Transportation 2.18%
Commercial Services 2.08%
Distribution Services 1.9%
Consumer Services 1.58%
Industrial Services 1.34%
CASH 0.26%
Health Services 0.18%
Miscellaneous 0.04%
Other 0.0%
Market Cap Percentage
Large 75.65%
Mid 17.44%
Small 6.09%
Micro 0.27%
Region Percentage
Asset Percentage
Share/Common/Ordinary 96.24%
Preferred Equity 1.59%
American Depositary Receipt 0.3%
CASH 0.26%
Depositary Receipts/Certificates 0.18%
Right 0.12%
Unit 0.07%
Temporary 0.01%
Other 0.0%
Closed-ended Fund 0.0%
Warrant 0.0%
Sector Percentage
Finance 22.21%
Health Technology 12.13%
Producer Manufacturing 9.05%
Consumer Non-Durables 8.84%
Electronic Technology 7.42%
Technology Services 5.38%
Consumer Durables 5.03%
Process Industries 3.54%
Utilities 3.4%
Energy Minerals 3.26%
Non-Energy Minerals 3.22%
Retail Trade 3.18%
Communications 2.55%
Transportation 2.18%
Commercial Services 2.08%
Distribution Services 1.9%
Consumer Services 1.58%
Industrial Services 1.34%
CASH 0.26%
Health Services 0.18%
Miscellaneous 0.04%
Other 0.0%

IEFA Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.

5 Day Volatility 67.83%
20 Day Volatility 15.37%
50 Day Volatility 16.95%
200 Day Volatility 14.63%
Beta 0.87
Standard Deviation 4.58%
5 Day Volatility
67.83%
Rank
28 of 100

20 Day Volatility
15.37%
Rank
34 of 100

50 Day Volatility
16.95%
Rank
45 of 100

200 Day Volatility
14.63%
Rank
39 of 100

Beta
0.87
Rank
42 of 100

Standard Deviation
4.58%
Rank
8 of 100

Technicals

  • 20 Day MA $76.55
  • 60 Day MA $75.07
  • MACD 15 Period 0.19
  • MACD 100 Period 2.78
  • Williams % Range 10 Day 66.01
  • Williams % Range 20 Day 32.47
  • RSI 10 Day 53
  • RSI 20 Day 55
  • RSI 30 Day 55
  • Ultimate Oscillator 58

Bollinger Bands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day) $76.35
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day) $78.68
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day) $74.19
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day) $78.86
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day) $74.53
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day) $78.53

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1 $76.95
  • Support Level 2 $76.65
  • Resistance Level 1 $77.49
  • Resistance Level 2 $77.73

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day) 53.51
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day) 42.08
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day) 52.13
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day) 57.68

Tradability

  • Tracking Difference Median (%) 0.25
  • Tracking Difference Max Upside (%) 0.36
  • Tracking Difference Max Downside (%) 0.17
  • Median Premium Discount (%) 0.15
  • Maximum Premium Discount (%) 0.52
  • Average Spread (%) 1.00
  • Average Spread ($) 1.00

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