EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF
MSCI Japan NR USD

NAV as of 22-Mar-2023

56.8154

4 Week: 54.94 - 57.57

52 Week: 48.44 - 63.02

Latest Closing Price

56.96

Premium / Discount

0.04

Expense Ratio

0.5%

Investment Objective

The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Japan Index. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the Japanese equity market.

Main Fund Characteristics

Fund Manager:
iShares
Asset Under Management:
9,294,665,575
Launch Date:
11/03/1996
Asset Class:
Equity
Replication Method:
Physical-Sample
Number of Holdings:
243
Trading Currency:
USD
Style:
Large Blend
Region/Sector/Strategy:
Japan / N.A / N.A
Exchange:
NYSE

Performance

Period Performance Returns(%) Volatility(%) Risk Adjusted Performance
YTD4.631.004.62
1 Day0.440.000.00
1 Week1.611.810.89
1 Month0.895.220.17
3 Months4.008.070.50
6 Months13.8313.281.04
1 Year-8.2319.06-0.43
2 Years-17.6524.87-0.71
3 Years27.6032.070.86
5 Years-2.2640.34-0.06
10 Years428.88149.492.87

Price History

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Annual Performance Return

2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Price (%) 26.4767-4.42749.33631.955523.5588-13.173119.192514.03141.5602-17.3636
Nav (%) 0.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
Rank 47.000056.000067.000063.000057.000024.000051.000023.000033.000080.0000

Dividend Frequency

Lastest Dividend

Ex Date Payment Date Dividend Payout per unit
20/12/201627/12/20160.5835
21/06/201627/06/20160.0918
16/12/201423/12/20140.0663
24/06/201401/07/20140.0825
17/12/201329/12/20130.0877
26/06/201304/07/20130.0473
17/12/201226/12/20120.1010
20/06/201227/06/20120.0879
19/12/201128/12/20110.1059
21/06/201127/06/20110.0883

Portfolio Data

Total Number of Holdings: 243

Number of Bond Holdings: 0

Number of Equity Holdings: 237

Total Market Value: 9,294,665,575

Portfolio Composition

Top 10 Holdings

% Portfolio Weight Shares Owned Shares Changed Market Value
1Toyota Motor Corp4.423830,772,2000411,071,460
2Sony Group Corp3.44163,659,3000319,799,720
3Keyence Corp2.7676564,6040257,171,733
4Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc2.329334,686,7800216,446,556
5Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd1.85715,084,8070172,562,454
6Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd1.73751,073,2000161,456,662
7Tokyo Electron Ltd1.6677433,3520154,961,630
8Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc1.59393,789,5000148,113,514
9Hitachi Ltd1.55102,810,5000144,121,123
10KDDI Corp1.54654,677,3000143,704,761

Country Exposure

Regional Exposure

America

Greater Europe

Greater Asia

Market Classification

Market Capitalization

Size% of portfolio
Giant55.21
Large39.02
Medium5.45
Small0.00
Micro0.00

Equity Style Box Breakdown

000Large
000Mid
000Small
ValueBlendGrowth

Value Measures

Price/Prospective Earnings*

13.2734

Price/Book*

1.1688

Price/Sales*

0.8126

Price/Cash Flow*

6.7502

Dividend Yield*

3.3544

Growth Measures

Long-Term Earnings

8.4539

Historical Earnings

24.2200

Sales Growth

9.8836

Cash-Flow Growth

-0.3789

Book-Value Growth

10.5346

*Forward-looking based on historical data.

Equity Sector

Number of Bond Holdings

0

Bond Statitics

DetailValue
Average Effective Duration0
Average Effective Maturity (Years)*0
Average Credit Quality0
Average Weighted Coupon*0
Average Weighted Price*0

Bond Style Box Breakdown

000HighQuality
000Med
000Low
LtdModExt
Interest-Rate Sensitivity

Credit Quality

Type% Bonds
N.A

Bond Sector

Type
% Bonds

Bond Maturity

% Bonds
N.A

Data Source: Morningstar

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