iShares MSCI Australia ETF vs Msci Inc — how do they compare? iShares MSCI Australia ETF trades at $30.23, while Msci Inc trades at $562 (market cap $40.84B). The key difference: Msci Inc pays a 1.46% dividend while iShares MSCI Australia ETF pays none, and iShares MSCI Australia ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Msci Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| EWA | MSCI | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Broad Market / Factor | Financials |
52-Week High | $30.41 | $643.83 |
52-Week Low | $24.95 | $511.84 |
Market Cap | — | $40.84B |
Enterprise Value | — | $47.00B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.46% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
EWA tracks the MSCI Australia Index, providing broad exposure to large and mid-cap companies in the Australian equity market. It is structurally dominated by the financial and materials sectors, serving as a key instrument for investors seeking a single-country view of Australia's resource-rich and stable economy.
Read more on EWA →MSCI describes its mission as enabling investors to build better portfolios for a better world. MSCI's largest and most profitable segment is its index segment, where it provides benchmarking to asset managers and asset owners. In addition, it boasts over $1 trillion in ETF assets linked to MSCI indexes. The MSCI analytics segment provides portfolio management and risk management analytics software to asset managers and asset owners. MSCI's all other segment was broken out into ESG and climate and private assets segments in 2021. In ESG and climate, MSCI provides ESG data to the investment industry. In the private assets side, MSCI provides real restate reporting, market data, benchmarking, and analytics to investors and real estate managers.
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