iSharesJapan StockEWJ · NYSE Arca
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ)
- Price
- $98.56
- —11 Sept 2026
- Assets
- $22.7B
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 0.49%
- Category 0.75%
- Yield
- 3.72%
- Trailing distributions
- 3Y CAGR
- 19.9%-3.1%
- Category 23.0%
- 5Y CAGR
- 8.8%-5.4%
- Category 14.2%
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iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Calendar-year returns
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Risk statistics
Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.
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Holdings
The 10 largest positions make up 30.1% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 8306.T | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 4.63% |
| 7203.T | Toyota Motor Corp | 3.53% |
| 8316.T | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc | 2.99% |
| 8035.T | Tokyo Electron Ltd | 2.96% |
| 6857.T | Advantest Corp | 2.91% |
| 6098.T | Recruit Holdings Co Ltd | 2.84% |
| 6501.T | Hitachi Ltd | 2.83% |
| 6758.T | Sony Group Corp | 2.75% |
| 8411.T | Mizuho Financial Group Inc | 2.36% |
| 9984.T | SoftBank Group Corp | 2.27% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 19.1
- P/B
- 2.0
- P/S
- 1.7
- P/CF
- 13.7
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Industrials22.9%
- Technology21.5%
- Financial services19.1%
- Consumer discretionary11.6%
- Communication services9.3%
- Health care5.4%
- Consumer staples3.5%
- Materials2.9%
- Real estate1.8%
- Utilities1.0%
- Energy0.9%
Asset mix
- Stocks99.8%
- Cash0.2%
ETF details
- Issuer
- iShares
- Category
- Equity · Japan Stock
- Ticker
- EWJ
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- Inception
- 12 Mar 1996 (30.5 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 0.49% (category 0.75%)
- Holdings turnover
- 6% (category 32%)
- Distribution yield
- 3.72%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.86
- Total net assets
- $22.7B
Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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