Oil & gas companies
Oil and gas companies in wealthy countries: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP. Performance follows the oil price up and down. Pays out dividends rather than reinvesting them.
Returns shown in USD (your base currency). Past performance is not a reliable guide to future results.
- Big winner in oil-price rallies and inflation spikes
- Pays generous dividends from oil cash flows
- Hedge against energy-price inflation
- Can fall 50%+ when oil prices crash (2020)
- Long-term decline as world shifts off fossil fuels
- Pays dividends out: extra tax/admin
About this fund
Exxon, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP. Strongly cyclical and oil-price sensitive. Distributing share class; Acc sister is WNRG.L.
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Frequently asked questions
Is WENS.L accumulating or distributing?
iShares MSCI World Energy Sector UCITS ETF (WENS.L) is a distributing ETF, so it pays its dividends out to you as cash, usually a few times a year. If you would rather have dividends reinvested automatically, look for an accumulating share class of the same index.
What is the annual fee (TER) for WENS.L?
WENS.L has a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.18% per year. On a $10,000 holding that is roughly $18 a year, charged inside the fund rather than billed to you separately. A lower fee leaves more of the return compounding for you over time.
Can I buy WENS.L on Interactive Brokers?
Yes. WENS.L trades on LSE, GBP and is available to investors worldwide through Interactive Brokers (IBKR). IBKR is the most popular way to buy UCITS ETFs because of its low FX conversion cost (around 0.03%) and low trading commissions.
What does WENS.L invest in?
iShares MSCI World Energy Sector UCITS ETF (WENS.L) tracks the MSCI World Energy. Oil and gas companies in wealthy countries: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP. You buy one fund and get the whole basket in a single trade.
Is WENS.L a UCITS ETF, and where is it domiciled?
Yes, WENS.L is a UCITS ETF domiciled in Ireland. For non-US investors, Irish-domiciled UCITS ETFs are usually preferred over US-domiciled ones: US dividend withholding tax is 15% under the tax treaty (versus 30% on US-domiciled funds for many non-US investors), and the holdings sit outside US estate tax.
How risky is WENS.L?
On the TickerCompare 1 to 5 scale, WENS.L is rated higher risk (4/5), based on how much its price has moved historically. Higher-risk funds can fall further in a downturn, so match the choice to your time horizon and how much volatility you can stomach.