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EQDS iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF

ISIN IE00BYYHSM20London Stock Exchange: EQDSBlackRock, Inc.

Latest close

LSE

£6.42

on

Ongoing charge
0.28% a year
Fund size
£799m

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, EQDS (iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BYYHSM20) closed at £6.42 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.28% a year (about £28 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +74.2%, or +36.0% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
+13.6%
+9.6% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+51.7%
+37.1% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+74.2%
+36.0% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,742 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,360 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 +2.9%, 2023 +8.9%, 2024 +3.1%, 2025 +12.6%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +12.8%. Returns of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +7.9%; to 30/09/2025: +4.6%; to 30/09/2024: +15.7%; to 30/09/2023: +11.5%; to 30/09/2022: −0.2%.

Calendar-year returns of EQDS, in pounds (price only — income paid out is not included), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +12.8%+9.2%
to +12.6%+8.7%
to +3.1%−0.4%
+8.9%+4.5%
+2.9%−5.8%
Returns of EQDS over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price only — income paid out is not included)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +7.9%+4.1%
from +4.6%+0.5%
from +15.7%+12.7%
from +11.5%+4.8%
from −0.2%−8.3%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

12.3%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year12.4%
3 years11.1%
5 years12.3%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−11.4%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−2.5%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+18.7%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
0.0%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 12.4% over 1 year, 11.1% over 3 years, 12.3% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF since November 2021, in pounds: −11.4% from 08/04/2022 to 14/10/2022. The lowest 12-month return of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) since January 2021 was −2.5% (12 months to 04/04/2025); the highest was +18.7% (12 months to 18/10/2024). On 13/11/2026 the price of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF was at its highest weekly close since November 2021, in pounds.

As of , price only — income paid out is not included

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.28%
a year
On £10,000
£28
a year, roughly
Over five years
£139
of £10,000, before growth
Among 110 dividend and income funds, share classes counted once
  • 8 charge less
  • 0 the same
  • 101 charge more

Ongoing charge of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF 0.28% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 101 of the 109 other dividend and income funds charge more, 0 the same and 8 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, launched in 2017.

It tracks the MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Net — large and medium-sized European companies.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.28% a year — about £28 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.

Dividend & income: Funds that pick companies paying regular dividends, or that aim to pay out an income.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
EQDS
ISIN
IE00BYYHSM20
Also listed as
QDVX (Xetra, euros)
Provider
iShares
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Distributing, paid quarterly
Income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.
Ongoing charge
0.28% a year · about £28 on £10,000
Fund size
£799m
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
Check with your platform: each decides which funds it offers.
Currency hedged
No
Price currency
Pounds (GBP)

Price chart

Closing price
£6.42+12.4% over 1 year · closing price
EQDS closing price: £5.71 on 14/11/2025, £6.42 on 13/11/2026 (+12.4%); low £5.52, high £6.42.

Over the last year, the closing price went from £5.71 on 14/11/2025 to £6.42 on 13/11/2026 (+12.4%). The lowest close shown was £5.52 on 27/03/2026 and the highest £6.42 on 13/11/2026.

One close a week. Before 29/07/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded. Price only — income paid out is not included, so the line can end below the total return above.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , EQDS holds 72 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Novartis at 4.02% of the fund; the ten largest make up 30.3%.
Holdings
72
on record
Ten largest
30.3%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
50
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
4.0%
Novartis

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of EQDS: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 06/11/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1NovartisNOVNHealth Care4.02%
2AllianzALVFinancials3.40%
3IberdrolaIBEUtilities3.16%
4UnileverULVRConsumer Staples3.09%
5SAPSAPInformation Technology3.08%
6GivaudanGIVNMaterials2.90%
7Zurich Insurance GroupZURNFinancials2.74%
8RELXRELIndustrials2.69%
9SikaSIKAMaterials2.59%
10DiageoDGEConsumer Staples2.58%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By sector

  1. Financials28.8%
  2. Consumer Staples14.2%
  3. Industrials12.6%
  4. Utilities9.0%
  5. Health Care8.8%
  6. Information Technology7.3%
  7. Materials7.2%
  8. Communication Services3.9%
  9. Other sectors8.2%
As published for the fund, as of 06/11/2026.

By country

  1. Switzerland22.0%
  2. United Kingdom21.3%
  3. Germany13.1%
  4. Italy7.0%
  5. France6.8%
  6. Spain6.6%
  7. Netherlands5.2%
  8. Sweden3.9%
  9. Other countries14.2%
As published for the fund, as of 06/11/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Equity99.5%
  2. Cash and money market0.5%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 06/11/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 72 largest and what changed since .

All 72 holdings of EQDS

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 72 holdings; the ten largest make up 30.3% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Funds tracking the same index

2 funds track MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Net, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.28% to 0.43% a year (13/11/2026).

2 funds that track the MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Net, listed by name. Returns are as reported to 13/11/2026, in pounds, with income reinvested unless marked “price”.
FundCharge1 year3 years5 years
iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced UCITS ETF Hedged GBPDistributing · Currency hedged · 0.43% a year0.43%+20.2%Not reportedNot reported
iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETFThis fundDistributing · 0.28% a year0.28%+13.6%+51.7%+74.2%

As of

MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes

Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared

Other versions of this fund

iShares’s other share classes and funds on the MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Net. They can differ in how income is paid, currency hedging and charge.

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

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  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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  • Rank among similar funds

    Rank by total return over 1, 3 and 5 years among up to 23 dividend and income funds investing in Europe, not currency-hedged, highest first.

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  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Acc), over the three years to 13/11/2026 (129 weeks).

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of EQDS?

The ongoing charge of EQDS is 0.28% a year — about £28 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend ESG UCITS ETF 0.28% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 101 of the 109 other dividend and income funds charge more, 0 the same and 8 less (share classes counted once).

What does EQDS track?

EQDS tracks the MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Net — large and medium-sized European companies.

Is EQDS accumulating or distributing?

EQDS is distributing: income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year. It pays out quarterly.

What is the ISIN of EQDS?

The ISIN of EQDS is IE00BYYHSM20. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; EQDS is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as QDVX (Xetra, euros).

What does EQDS hold?

As of 06/11/2026, EQDS holds 72 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Novartis at 4.02% of the fund; the ten largest make up 30.3%. Its ten largest holdings are Novartis (4.02%), Allianz (3.40%), Iberdrola (3.16%), Unilever (3.09%), SAP (3.08%), Givaudan (2.90%), Zurich Insurance Group (2.74%), RELX (2.69%), Sika (2.59%) and Diageo (2.58%).

What were EQDS’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of EQDS in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 +2.9%, 2023 +8.9%, 2024 +3.1%, 2025 +12.6%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +12.8%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has EQDS done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 EQDS’s total return was +74.2%, or +36.0% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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Fund documents and methods

Fund documents
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