EWY ETF Analysis: South Korea | NYSE
Unclassified | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 23.169m USD | 12M Return: 53.8% | US4642867729 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 2.47B
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No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
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.
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, which covers large- and mid-cap equities in South Korea. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the indexs component securities or instruments with substantially identical economic characteristics, and it uses a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted methodology that reflects only shares readily available to public investors. The fund is classified as non-diversified, meaning it may concentrate its holdings in a relatively limited number of issuers.
As a focused regional ETF, EWY provides investors with targeted exposure to the South Korean equity market, which is heavily weighted toward large export-oriented companies in sectors such as technology, semiconductors, and automotive manufacturing. Single-country ETFs like EWY typically appeal to investors seeking concentrated geographic exposure rather than broad emerging-market diversification, and they carry elevated risk due to their sensitivity to country-specific economic, political, and currency conditions.
- Samsung and SK Hynix memory chip pricing recovers on AI demand
- Korean won depreciation boosts dollar-denominated EWY returns
- China demand recovery lifts Korean exporter earnings outlook
As of November 03, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 151.62 with a total of 15,027,817 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.72%, over one month by -20.98%, over three months by -5.38% and over the past year by +53.83%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 143.30 (which is 5.5% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
South Korea has no consensus analysts rating.