iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF HEWJ AMEX · Financials · United States
$62.86 +0.46% +$0.29
Summary
iShares Currency Hedged 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 29% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 1.02%
- Fund size
- $594.7M
- Positions
- 172
- Dividend yield
- 3.70%
- Running since
- 2014
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 29% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.3%.
- It has been running since 2014.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (Japan).
- Costs of 1.02% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.45%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 37% 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
- -4.6%
- 3 months
- -6.1%
- This year
- +19%
- 1 year
- +17%
- 3 years
- +78%
- 5 years
- +53%
- 10 years
- +143%
- Avg. market cap
- $109.0B
- P/E
- 16.6x
- Forward P/E
- 15.4x
- P/S
- 1.7x
- P/B
- 2.1x
- P/FCF
- 20.1x
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.0x
- Dividend yield
- 2.50%
- ROIC
- 13.4%
- ROE
- 18.6%
- Gross margin
- 41.2%
- Operating margin
- 19.1%
- Net margin
- 14.7%
- Payout ratio
- 41.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.2x
- Beta
- 0.41
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 68% 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 4.6%
- 2 72Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T 4.1%
- 3 67Sony Group Corporation 6758.T 3.0%
- 4 60Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. 6098.T 3.0%
- 5 83Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 8316.T 2.9%
- 6 68Advantest Corporation 6857.T 2.7%
- 7 65Hitachi, Ltd. 6501.T 2.6%
- 8 80Tokyo Electron Limited 8035.T 2.4%
- 9 84Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 8411.T 2.2%
- 10 87Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 8766.T 2.0%
Positions in the fund: 172. The ten largest make up 29% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Industrials 24%
- Real estate 1.9%
- Utilities 1.0%
- Energy 1.0%
- Other 72%
By country
- Japan 100%
By company size
- Mega cap 8.8%
- Large cap 87%
- Mid cap 4.3%
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 (87%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $102
- Over 20 years
- $4,706
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $102 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 $4,706.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +9.3%
- Deepest drop
- -37%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.3%. Deepest drop in these years: 37% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.70%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.35
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.32 per share, which is 3.70% of today's price. The last payment was $0.35 on Jul 2, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $3.88M
- Shares a day
- 62K
On an average day about $3.88M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 16.6
- Average Bulios Score
- 66 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 33%
- Fairly valued 44%
- Overvalued 23%
On average the companies inside trade for 16.6 times their yearly profit.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 68% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EW EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | United States | 0.49% | $22.4B | +10% | Pays out | 99% |
XM XMK9.DE Xtrackers MSCI Japan UCITS ETF 4C EUR Hedged | Luxembourg | 0.40% | $8.33B | +20% | Reinvests | 99% |
DB DBXJ.DE Xtrackers MSCI Japan UCITS ETF 1C | Luxembourg | 0.12% | $8.31B | +21% | Reinvests | 99% |
XM XMCJ.SW Xtrackers MSCI Japan UCITS ETF 7C CHF Hedged | Luxembourg | 0.25% | $8.32B | +17% | Reinvests | 99% |
XM XMK9.MI Xtrackers MSCI Japan UCITS ETF 4C EUR Hedged | Luxembourg | 0.40% | $8.30B | +20% | Reinvests | 99% |
SX SXR5.DE iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.12% | $1.68B | +21% | Reinvests | 99% |