Summary
iShares MSCI Japan ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 172. The ten largest make up 30% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.49%
- Fund size
- $23.2B
- Positions
- 172
- Dividend yield
- 0.53%
- Running since
- 1996
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 30% of the fund.
- A large fund with $23.2B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $414.5M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.6%.
- It has been running since 1996.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (Japan).
- Costs of 0.49% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 35% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -2.1%
- 3 months
- +5.0%
- This year
- +18%
- 1 year
- +14%
- 3 years
- +63%
- 5 years
- +38%
- 10 years
- +89%
- Avg. market cap
- $118.7B
- P/E
- 17.8x
- Forward P/E
- 16.6x
- P/S
- 1.9x
- P/B
- 2.3x
- P/FCF
- 23.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.4x
- Dividend yield
- 2.35%
- ROIC
- 12.4%
- ROE
- 18.8%
- Gross margin
- 40.1%
- Operating margin
- 18.7%
- Net margin
- 15.9%
- Payout ratio
- 41.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.9x
- Beta
- 0.83
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 70% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 83Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 8306.T 4.4%
- 2 72Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T 3.5%
- 3 68Advantest Corporation 6857.T 3.1%
- 4 65Hitachi, Ltd. 6501.T 3.0%
- 5 60Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. 6098.T 3.0%
- 6 83Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 8316.T 2.9%
- 7 80Tokyo Electron Limited 8035.T 2.8%
- 8 67Sony Group Corporation 6758.T 2.8%
- 9 84Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 8411.T 2.2%
- 10 99SoftBank Group Corp. 9984.T 2.2%
Positions in the fund: 172. The ten largest make up 30% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Industrials 24%
- Real estate 1.7%
- Utilities 0.9%
- Energy 0.9%
- Other 73%
By country
- Japan 100%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 8.0%
- Large cap 89%
- Mid cap 3.0%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Industrials (24%). Largest country: Japan (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (89%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $49.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,370
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $49.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,370.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.6%
- Deepest drop
- -35%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 35% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.53%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.50
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.50 per share, which is 0.53% of today's price. The last payment was $0.50 on Jun 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $414.5M
- Shares a day
- 4.4M
On an average day about $414.5M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 17.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 67 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 26%
- Fairly valued 24%
- Overvalued 51%
On average the companies inside trade for 17.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 51% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 70% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZP ZPDJ.DE State Street SPDR MSCI Japan UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.12% | $1.31B | +24% | Reinvests | 99% |
ZP ZPDW.DE State Street SPDR MSCI Japan EUR Hdg UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.17% | $1.33B | +27% | Reinvests | 99% |
IJ IJPN.AS iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dist) | Ireland | 0.12% | $2.02B | +22% | Pays out | 99% |
IQ IQQJ.DE iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dist) | Ireland | 0.12% | $5.06B | +22% | Pays out | 99% |
SX SXR5.DE iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.12% | $1.76B | +24% | Reinvests | 99% |
IJ IJP.AX iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Australia | 0.50% | $1.10B | +6.2% | Pays out | 99% |