EWY ETF Analysis: South Korea | NYSE

Focused Region | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 26.509m USD | 12M Return: 155.3% | US4642867729 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis

Korean Equities, Large-Cap Stocks, Mid-Cap Stocks, Emerging Markets
Total Rating 83
Safety 72
Buy Signal 0.58
Focused Region
Category Rotation: +3.7
TER: 0.59%
AUM: 26.5B
Avg Turnover: 3.55B
Risk 3d forecast
Volatility64.6%
VaR 5th Pctl11.5%
VaR vs Median-1.17%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio1.89
Rel. Str. IBD93.1
Rel. Str. Peer Group95
Character TTM
Beta1.718
Beta Downside1.405
Hurst Exponent0.415
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD34.21%
CAGR/Max DD1.36
CAGR/Mean DD5.91

Warnings

No concerns identified

Tailwinds

Rs Leader
Idiosyncratic Leader

Seasonality 11.6 years of data

Jan +2.5% 8
Feb -0.0% 2
Mar +0.3% 8
Apr -0.8% 8
May +2.2% 11
Jun -0.9% 8
Jul +1.2% 21
Aug -1.3% 42
Sep -0.3% 15
Oct -2.8% 15
Nov -0.1% 2
Dec +2.6% 28

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: EWY South Korea

The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) is a passively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Korea Index. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments with substantially identical economic characteristics. The underlying index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted benchmark designed to measure the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the South Korean equity market. The fund is classified as non-diversified, meaning it may concentrate holdings in fewer issuers than a diversified fund.

EWY provides investors with targeted exposure to South Korean large- and mid-cap equities, a market heavily weighted toward sectors such as information technology (notably semiconductors), consumer electronics, automotive manufacturing, and shipbuilding. As a focused regional ETF, it offers a single-instrument way to access Koreas export-oriented economy, which is dominated by globally significant industrial conglomerates.

Headlines to Watch Out For
  • Samsung chip cycle recovery lifts EWY earnings exposure
  • Korean won depreciation pressures USD-denominated ETF returns
  • China demand rebound boosts Korean exporter revenue outlook
What is the price of EWY shares?

As of August 21, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 178.16 with a total of 12,100,755 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.26%, over one month by +9.39%, over three months by -1.08% and over the past year by +155.27%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 166.70 (which is 6.4% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).

Is EWY a buy, sell or hold?

South Korea has no consensus analysts rating.