Fund · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · measured from SEC filings
EWL holdings
EWL reports 45 holdings and behaves like 14.1 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 1.61% at a quoted market price (level 1), 4 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31EWL's largest investment is Roche Holding AG at 14.03% of net assets. Novartis AG and Nestle SA follow; the three together are 39.93%. Ten companies are 68.01% of the fund; the other 35 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, EWL behaves like 14.1 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 3.0 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings EWL has held roughly steady since 2019-11-30 (11.9 then, 14.1 now). Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 3 positions were added and 2 dropped; 18.1% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-30 and 2026-05-31, EWL went from behaving like 11.9 equally weighted positions to 14.1 — 19% more, while its top ten went from 67.68% to 68.01% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 45 | 14.1 | 68.01% | 14.24% |
| 2026-02-28 | 44 | 13.5 | 68.35% | 14.98% |
| 2025-11-30 | 45 | 14.8 | 67.21% | 13.62% |
| 2025-08-31 | 45 | 15.1 | 67.03% | 13.06% |
| 2025-05-31 | 44 | 14.5 | 67.42% | 15.04% |
| 2025-02-28 | 47 | 14.5 | 68.71% | 14.15% |
| 2024-11-30 | 46 | 15 | 67.32% | 13.74% |
| 2024-08-31 | 47 | 13.1 | 68.68% | 16.11% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 47 | 13.7 | 68.57% | 17.1% |
| 2024-02-29 | 47 | 13.6 | 68.21% | 17.18% |
| 2023-11-30 | 46 | 12.8 | 68.71% | 18.96% |
| 2023-08-31 | 45 | 12.3 | 69.79% | 19.73% |
| 2023-05-31 | 44 | 11.3 | 71.53% | 20.36% |
| 2023-02-28 | 44 | 13.1 | 68.53% | 19.02% |
| 2022-11-30 | 44 | 11.9 | 70.31% | 20.32% |
| 2022-08-31 | 41 | 11 | 71.31% | 21.52% |
| 2022-05-31 | 42 | 11 | 71.83% | 21.13% |
| 2022-02-28 | 42 | 11 | 71.51% | 21.12% |
| 2021-11-30 | 42 | 11.8 | 70.55% | 20.26% |
| 2021-08-31 | 42 | 12.1 | 69.23% | 19.41% |
| 2021-05-31 | 42 | 12.1 | 68.65% | 20.14% |
| 2021-02-28 | 41 | 13 | 67.28% | 18.4% |
| 2020-11-30 | 42 | 13.1 | 66.05% | 19.34% |
| 2020-08-31 | 41 | 12.9 | 65.36% | 20.06% |
| 2020-05-31 | 41 | 10.7 | 69.57% | 21.61% |
| 2020-02-29 | 40 | 11.6 | 67.59% | 20.55% |
| 2019-11-30 | 41 | 11.9 | 67.68% | 20.25% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 45 positions in EWL's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: EWL.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 14.24% | 14.2% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 13.76% | 28.0% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 12.53% | 40.5% |
| 4 | ABB Ltd | 5.49% | 46.0% |
| 5 | UBS Group AG | 5.21% | 51.2% |
| 6 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 4.85% | 56.1% |
| 7 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.51% | 60.6% |
| 8 | Holcim AG | 2.68% | 63.3% |
| 9 | Lonza Group AG | 2.39% | 65.7% |
| 10 | Swiss Re AG | 2.36% | 68.0% |
| 11 | Galderma Group AG | 2.28% | 70.3% |
| 12 | Sandoz Group AG | 1.96% | 72.3% |
| 13 | Givaudan SA | 1.85% | 74.1% |
| 14 | Alcon AG | 1.80% | 75.9% |
| 15 | Swiss Life Holding AG | 1.72% | 77.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of EWL's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | 99.85% |
| Germany | 0.08% |
| Not stated in filing | 0.04% |
| United States | 0.04% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of EWL's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.17 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: EWL.json · all funds.
Who borrows EWL's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $160,256 was out to 1 borrower, 0.01% of net assets.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $160,256 | 100.0% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 0.01% of net assets, 106.4% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter EWL has filed, with each borrower: EWL.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3144 positions became 45: 3 added (14.3% of the fund at the later date), 2 dropped (15.1% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 18.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of EWL compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 3.96% | 4.85% | Novartis AG | 14.31% | 13.76% |
| Galderma Group AG | 1.62% | 2.28% | Alcon AG | 2.23% | 1.80% |
| Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.17% | 4.51% | UBS Group AG | 5.62% | 5.21% |
| ABB Ltd | 5.18% | 5.49% | Swiss Re AG | 2.64% | 2.36% |
| Logitech international S.A. | 0.80% | 1.11% | Geberit AG | 1.53% | 1.25% |
| Holcim AG | 2.38% | 2.68% | Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG | 0.92% | 0.69% |
New: Roche Holding AG (14.24%), SWISS MKT IX FUTR JUN26 (0.05%), EURO STOXX 50 JUN26 (0.02%). Gone: Roche Holding AG (14.98%), SWISS MKT IX FUTR MAR26 (0.13%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 99.55% |
| unknown unknown | 0.33% |
| derivative DE | 0.08% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.05% |
1.6% of EWL is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $1.70B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of EWL (14.1). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF | 282 | 13.4 | 62.26% | 2026-07-31 |
| TOPT iShares Top 20 U.S. Stocks ETF | 23 | 13.8 | 69.28% | 2026-06-30 |
| SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 25 | 13.9 | 70.27% | 2026-06-30 |
| IEO iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | 47 | 13.9 | 71.25% | 2026-06-30 |
| IAT iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF | 33 | 14.1 | 69.48% | 2026-06-30 |
| EPOL iShares MSCI Poland ETF | 37 | 14.2 | 67.97% | 2026-05-31 |
| EWM iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF | 30 | 14.2 | 68.97% | 2026-05-31 |
| UPRO ProShares UltraPro S&P500 | 523 | 14.3 * | 51.33% | 2026-05-31 |
| RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | 53 | 14.5 | 68.13% | 2026-05-31 |
| EMCS Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Selection ETF | 57 | 14.7 | 56.84% | 2026-05-29 |
Essays that examine EWL
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