iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ)

11.34
Data as of Jun 18
 +0.19 / +1.70%
Today’s Change
8.71
Today|||52-Week Range
12.43
+16.31%
Year-to-Date

Investment Objective

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Japan Index (the "underlying index"). The fund will at all times invest at least 90% of its assets in the securities of its underlying index and in depositary receipts ("DRs") representing securities in its underlying index. The underlying index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Components primarily include consumer discretionary, financial and industrials companies.

Performance

1 month-6.70% 3 years+6.87%
3 months+6.20% 5 years-1.81%
1 year+24.38% Since inception-0.75%
Data through 06/19/2013

Quote Details

Previous close$11.15
Open day’s range-- – --
Net asset value (NAV)11.14 (06/18/2013)
Daily volume49,863,350
Average volume (3 months)56,406,186
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 06/18/2013

Peer Comparisonvs. Japan stock ETFs

 EWJCategory
Performance 5-yr return-1.81%+1.15%
Expense Gross exp ratio0.53%0.55%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio-0.050.08
Net assets$11.6B$2.2B
Average market cap$18.3B$13.5B
Average P/E17.918.3
Dividend / Share--0.38%

Competitors

DXJ WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund
ITF iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 Index Fund
JPP SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan ETF

Holdings

Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Industrial materials 27.63%
Consumer goods 25.37%
Financial service 15.35%
Healthcare 5.60%
Utilities 5.37%
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
-- Toyota Motor Corp6.56%
-- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.3.01%
-- Honda Motor Co Ltd2.46%
-- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc2.12%
-- SOFTBANK Corp1.93%
-- Mizuho Financial Group Inc1.78%
-- Canon, Inc.1.58%
-- Japan Tobacco Inc.1.50%
-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.1.41%
-- Hitachi, Ltd.1.26%

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