iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA)Foreign Large Blend | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
45.05 USD
+0.52
(1.179%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 46.81 +1.77 (3.918%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:23 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:49 p.m. EDT
HEFA is a solid defensive inventory play despite the flat short-term forecast; its currency hedging strategy effectively neutralizes non-US exposure, allowing it to hold steady around 52-week lows while delivering a robust 3.26% yield, but it lacks the short-term explosive momentum to warrant long calls. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.023638 |
| AutoTheta | 0.023824 |
| AutoETS | 0.026194 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.026196 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.74 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.590 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.72 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 18.89 |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:49 p.m. EDT: Options flow indicates a modest defensive posture for the near term. On the closest expirations (April 17, 5/15), significant Put Open Interest (OI) is concentrated at strikes below the current price (41.0 and 40.0), while Call OI is sporadic and minimal. This open interest concentration at strikes slightly below the spot price ($45.04) suggests speculators are hedging or protecting against a minor downside move rather than betting on a significant decline. However, the Calls side is notably thin, with zero OI listed for the nearest weekly, preventing a bullish bias from being detected. The implied volatility spikes in the 41.0/42.0 Put wings relative to the lack of Call flow signal a floor being established, but the overall sparse activity suggests a lack of strong directional conviction from options traders.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.81% | 4.64% | 3.75% | 8.59% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | 0.748 | 1.812455 |
| 2025-12-02 | 0.432 | 1.067071 |
| 2025-07-02 | 0.639 | 1.759022 |
| 2024-12-20 | 0.470 | 1.435463 |
| 2024-07-02 | 0.604 | 1.824577 |
| 2023-12-22 | 0.396 | 1.360586 |
| 2023-07-03 | 0.554 | 1.989553 |
| 2022-12-23 | 0.113 | 0.460401 |
| 2022-12-02 | 5.890 | 23.453389 |
| 2022-07-05 | 0.784 | 3.431800 |
| 2021-12-23 | 0.601 | 2.363035 |
| 2021-07-02 | 0.481 | 1.975235 |
| 2020-12-24 | 0.263 | 1.237249 |
| 2020-07-02 | 0.377 | 1.969895 |
| 2019-12-24 | 0.353 | 1.676683 |
| 2019-12-03 | 0.669 | 3.296542 |
| 2019-07-02 | 0.616 | 3.140362 |
| 2018-12-28 | 0.291 | 1.734524 |
| 2018-12-04 | 0.312 | 1.773076 |
| 2018-07-03 | 0.580 | 3.165273 |
| 2017-12-28 | 0.310 | 1.675861 |
| 2017-07-06 | 0.446 | 2.595836 |
| 2016-12-28 | 0.256 | 1.618524 |
| 2016-07-06 | 0.492 | 3.564196 |
| 2015-12-28 | 0.201 | 1.346167 |
| 2015-12-02 | 0.236 | 1.528114 |
| 2015-07-02 | 0.461 | 2.927437 |
| 2014-12-26 | 0.243 | 1.662492 |
| 2014-07-02 | 0.611 | 4.291486 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 45.23 |
| All Time Low | 19.12 |
| Ask | 47.32 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 742,020 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 885,588 |
| Average Volume | 885,588 |
| Average Volume10Days | 742,020 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.55 |
| Bid | 45.04 |
| Bid Size | 900 |
| Category | Foreign Large Blend |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 45.1801 |
| Day Low | 44.92 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.26 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.384506 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 43.463 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.5819969 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.036398705 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 33.2446 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 45.23 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.18500137 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.004090236 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 33.53 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 11.514999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.34342378 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 33.53 - 45.23 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,392,388,200,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.1345835 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | iShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,391,126,400 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities (including indirect investments through the underlying fund) and other instruments of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index is composed of large- and mid-capitalization equities in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East while mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the component currencies and the U.S. dollar. |
| Long Name | iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_248604809 |
| Nav Price | 45.05258 |
| Net Assets | 6,796,161,000.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.35 |
| Open | 45.03 |
| Phone | 415-670-2000 |
| Post Market Change | 1.7650032 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 3.918311 |
| Post Market Price | 46.81 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,581 |
| Previous Close | 44.52 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.524998 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.17924 |
| Regular Market Day High | 45.1801 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 44.92 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 44.92 - 45.1801 |
| Regular Market Open | 45.03 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 44.52 |
| Regular Market Price | 45.045 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 462,664 |
| Short Name | iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EA |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | HEFA |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.1813464 |
| Total Assets | 6,796,161,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing P E | 18.890705 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 2.88745 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 2.88745 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 41.0422 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.0028 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.09752889 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 462,664 |
| Yield | 0.0326 |
| Ytd Return | 2.88745 |