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About ISHARES GLOBAL AGRICULTURE ETF GLOBAL AGRICULTURE
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Inception date
Dec 19, 2007
Structure
Canadian Mutual Fund Trust (ON)
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Primary advisor
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd.
The fund provides exposure to the global agriculture space. The fund holds stocks of companies involved in each phase of commodity production. Such companies include those generating revenue from fertilizers, agricultural chemicals and products, farm machinery and parts, or in packaged food and meats as classified by GICS. The fund includes equities from both developed and emerging markets, with exposure to the whole market cap spectrum. The selection process considers a number of factor rankings, including balance sheet ratios, earnings, growth rates, price momentum, profitability ratios, valuation ratios, and other qualitative factors. An optimizer is used to calculate the appropriate weighting for the underlying holdings. The index is rebalanced quarterly.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Process Industries
Producer Manufacturing
Consumer Non-Durables
Stocks99.89%
Process Industries52.92%
Producer Manufacturing21.17%
Consumer Non-Durables15.78%
Retail Trade2.74%
Finance2.50%
Non-Energy Minerals2.48%
Commercial Services2.31%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.11%
Cash0.11%
Stock breakdown by region
North America91.06%
Europe4.92%
Latin America3.29%
Middle East0.73%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
COW invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Process Industries, with 52.92% stocks, and Producer Manufacturing, with 21.17% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
COW top holdings are Corteva Inc and Deere & Company, occupying 10.58% and 9.48% of the portfolio correspondingly.
COW last dividends amounted to 0.42 CAD. Six months before that, the issuer paid 0.50 CAD in dividends, which shows a 17.80% decrease.
COW assets under management is 254.18 M CAD. It's risen 4.16% over the last month.
COW fund flows account for −60.52 M CAD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, COW pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.36%. The last dividend (Jan 3, 2025) amounted to 0.42 CAD. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
COW shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Dec 19, 2007, and its management style is Passive.
COW expense ratio is 0.74% meaning you'd have to pay 0.74% of your investment to help manage the fund.
COW follows the Manulife Asset Management Global Agriculture Index - CAD. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
COW invests in stocks.
COW price has risen by 5.02% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 8.43% increase. See more dynamics on COW price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 5.16% over the last month, showed a 2.10% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 9.79% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 5.16% over the last month, showed a 2.10% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 9.79% in a year.
COW trades at a premium (0.28%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.