Investment Objective
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE ® Index (the "underlying index").
The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index has been developed by MSCI Inc. ("MSCI") as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance. The underlying index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia and the Far East and, as of June 30, 2012, consisted of total 22 developed market country indexes or regions.
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Performance
| 1 month | -3.59% | | 3 years | +10.83% |
| 3 months | +1.53% | | 5 years | -1.68% |
| 1 year | +31.50% | | Since inception | +5.25% |
Quote Details
| Previous close | $59.17 |
| Open day’s range | 58.87 – 59.53 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 59.63 (06/05/2013) |
| Daily volume | 24,386,890 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 19,590,981 |
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 06/06/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Foreign large blend ETFs
| | EFA | Category |
|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | -1.68% | -0.28% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.34% | 0.43% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Net assets | $41.9B | $3.5B |
| Average market cap | $34.2B | $35.1B |
| Average P/E | 15.3 | 13.9 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.47% |
Competitors
| SCHF Schwab International Equity ETF |
| VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF |
| GWL SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF |
Holdings
Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
| -- Nestle SA | 1.81% |
| -- HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.71% |
| -- Roche Holding AG | 1.49% |
| -- Novartis AG | 1.40% |
| -- Toyota Motor Corp | 1.39% |
| -- Vodafone Group PLC | 1.21% |
| -- BP PLC | 1.16% |
| -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC | 1.08% |
| -- Sanofi | 1.08% |
| -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A | 1.06% |