KSA Fees and Costs — iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

Data updated: 2026-07-27

The net expense ratio is 0.75%: a 0.74% management fee plus 0.01% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $406K in broker commissions, 0.0624% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

KSA Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of KSA. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.74%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.01%
Gross expense ratio0.75%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.75%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

KSA Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in KSA, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $510 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.85% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.75%)$79$246$428
Trading costs (broker commissions)$7$20$36
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$47
Total costs$85$280$510
Value after costs$10,415$11,296$12,253
Impact on return, per year0.85%0.85%0.85%

KSA Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0624%
  • Total broker commissions: $406K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $202.2M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

KSA Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$146K35.92%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$119K29.41%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$72K17.81%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$50K12.25%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$19K4.61%

KSA Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$202.2M100.00%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.