Fund · iShares MSCI South Africa ETF · measured from SEC filings
EZA holdings
EZA reports 30 holdings and behaves like 17.2 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: 23.44% at a quoted market price (level 1), 5 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31EZA's largest investment is Anglogold Ashanti PLC at 12.06% of net assets. Naspers NPV and Gold Fields Ltd follow; the three together are 31.25%. Ten companies are 65.31% of the fund; the other 20 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, EZA behaves like 17.2 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.4 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings EZA has held roughly steady since 2019-11-30 (14.1 then, 17.2 now). Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 1 positions were added and 1 dropped; 7.6% of the weight moved. South Africa is the largest country at 84.9% of the portfolio, across 5 countries in the filing.
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, EZA went from behaving like 14.1 equally weighted positions to 17.2 — 22% more, while its top ten went from 56.27% to 65.31% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 30 | 17.2 | 65.31% | 12.08% |
| 2026-02-28 | 29 | 15.8 | 68.35% | 13.51% |
| 2025-11-30 | 28 | 15.8 | 66.32% | 13.35% |
| 2025-08-31 | 29 | 15.6 | 64.46% | 16.35% |
| 2025-05-31 | 31 | 15 | 65.43% | 17.66% |
| 2025-02-28 | 32 | 15.7 | 65.47% | 17.02% |
| 2024-11-30 | 32 | 16.3 | 63.73% | 16.02% |
| 2024-08-31 | 34 | 16.4 | 63.29% | 15.66% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 33 | 15.7 | 62.91% | 17.72% |
| 2024-02-29 | 33 | 17 | 62.06% | 15.86% |
| 2023-11-30 | 36 | 16.2 | 62.31% | 17.24% |
| 2023-08-31 | 38 | 17.2 | 59.7% | 16.34% |
| 2023-05-31 | 38 | 17.4 | 60.19% | 16.46% |
| 2023-02-28 | 39 | 17.2 | 58.97% | 17.08% |
| 2022-11-30 | 39 | 19.8 | 57.96% | 13.87% |
| 2022-08-31 | 38 | 19.6 | 57.88% | 14.07% |
| 2022-05-31 | 38 | 22.5 | 56.18% | 9.2% |
| 2022-02-28 | 40 | 22.7 | 56.81% | 9.79% |
| 2021-11-30 | 39 | 19.9 | 56.99% | 14.17% |
| 2021-08-31 | 39 | 24.6 | 51.44% | 10.1% |
| 2021-05-31 | 38 | 14.1 | 57.87% | 22% |
| 2021-02-28 | 39 | 13.4 | 56.8% | 23.12% |
| 2020-11-30 | 41 | 12.9 | 57.11% | 23.95% |
| 2020-08-31 | 40 | 15.1 | 57.35% | 20.84% |
| 2020-05-31 | 49 | 10.4 | 58.65% | 28.25% |
| 2020-02-29 | 48 | 10.6 | 58.79% | 27.77% |
| 2019-11-30 | 47 | 14.1 | 56.27% | 22.69% |
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 30 positions in EZA's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: EZA.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC | 12.08% | 12.1% |
| 2 | NASPERS LIMITED | 10.38% | 22.5% |
| 3 | Gold Fields Limited | 8.82% | 31.3% |
| 4 | FIRSTRAND LIMITED | 7.04% | 38.3% |
| 5 | MTN GROUP LIMITED | 5.33% | 43.7% |
| 6 | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED | 5.33% | 49.0% |
| 7 | CAPITEC BANK HOLDINGS LIMITED | 4.60% | 53.6% |
| 8 | VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED | 4.53% | 58.1% |
| 9 | IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.68% | 61.8% |
| 10 | ABSA GROUP LIMITED | 3.52% | 65.3% |
| 11 | HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED | 2.99% | 68.3% |
| 12 | DISCOVERY LIMITED | 2.91% | 71.2% |
| 13 | SANLAM LIMITED | 2.71% | 73.9% |
| 14 | SIBANYE STILLWATER LIMITED | 2.50% | 76.4% |
| 15 | SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2.48% | 78.9% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of EZA's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 84.90% |
| United Kingdom | 12.08% |
| Netherlands° | 1.64% |
| Luxembourg° | 1.33% |
| United States | 0.05% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of EZA'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 — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: EZA.json · all funds.
Who borrows EZA's shares
2025-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2025-05-31, $6m was out to 2 borrowers, 1.46% of net assets. The largest, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP, held 84.3% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP | $5m | 84.3% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $890,963 | 15.7% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 1.58% of net assets, 108.2% 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 EZA has filed, with each borrower: EZA.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3129 positions became 29: 1 added (0.1% of the fund at the later date), 1 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 7.6%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of EZA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASPERS LIMITED | 9.23% | 10.38% | Gold Fields Limited | 10.97% | 8.82% |
| SASOL LIMITED | 1.44% | 2.37% | VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED | 6.37% | 4.53% |
| STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED | 4.51% | 5.33% | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC | 13.51% | 12.08% |
| MTN GROUP LIMITED | 4.53% | 5.33% | IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS LIMITED | 4.79% | 3.68% |
| DISCOVERY LIMITED | 2.19% | 2.91% | SIBANYE STILLWATER LIMITED | 3.09% | 2.50% |
| FIRSTRAND LIMITED | 6.45% | 7.04% | SANLAM LIMITED | 2.86% | 2.71% |
New: SOUTH AFRICAN RAND (0.13%). Gone: South African Futures Exchange (0.00%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 99.82% |
| unknown unknown | 0.13% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.05% |
23.4% of EZA 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 $693M. 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 EZA (17.2). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JETS U.S. Global Jets ETF | 49 | 16.7 | 65.98% | 2026-06-30 |
| EIDO iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF | 84 | 16.7 | 59.49% | 2026-05-31 |
| NUGO Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF | 45 | 16.8 | 62.37% | 2026-07-31 |
| IXC iShares Global Energy ETF | 61 | 16.8 | 57.57% | 2026-06-30 |
| FLCG Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Growth ETF | 101 | 17.1 | 63.09% | 2026-05-31 |
| IYG iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF | 101 | 17.3 | 63.29% | 2026-07-31 |
| TAN Invesco Solar ETF | 32 | 17.6 | 65.15% | 2026-05-31 |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 42 | 17.6 | 63.06% | 2026-05-31 |
| MGK Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund | 59 | 17.9 | 63.6% | 2026-06-30 |
| EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 87 | 17.9 | 51.57% | 2026-05-31 |
Essays that examine EZA
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