Summary
iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 770. The ten largest make up 6.2% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $236.5M
- Positions
- 770
- Dividend yield
- 2.75%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 6.2% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.1%.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (Japan).
- Costs of 0.50% 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
- -1.9%
- 3 months
- +3.7%
- This year
- +16%
- 1 year
- +17%
- 3 years
- +65%
- 5 years
- +34%
- 10 years
- +64%
- Avg. market cap
- $7.27B
- P/E
- 15.0x
- Forward P/E
- 15.2x
- P/S
- 1.0x
- P/B
- 1.4x
- P/FCF
- 14.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.4x
- Dividend yield
- 1.58%
- ROIC
- 8.2%
- ROE
- 9.6%
- Gross margin
- 39.1%
- Operating margin
- 15.3%
- Net margin
- 10.1%
- Payout ratio
- 23.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.1x
- Beta
- 0.83
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 22% 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 JPY CASH 1.0%
- 2 71Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. 7167.T 0.6%
- 3 58Shizuoka Financial Group,Inc. 5831.T 0.6%
- 4 69ROHM Co., Ltd. 6963.T 0.6%
- 5 69Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. 6976.T 0.6%
- 6 65BayCurrent, Inc 6532.T 0.6%
- 7 35Food & Life Companies Ltd. 3563.T 0.6%
- 8 91Nippon Express Holdings,Inc. 9147.T 0.6%
- 9 83Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. 8354.T 0.5%
- 10 53NGK Insulators, Ltd. 5333.T 0.5%
Positions in the fund: 770. The ten largest make up 6.2% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Industrials 25%
- Real estate 6.7%
- Utilities 2.0%
- Energy 0.8%
- Other 66%
By country
- Japan 100%
- United States 0.05%
By company size
- Large cap 1.2%
- Mid cap 74%
- Small cap 24%
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 (25%). Largest country: Japan (100%). Largest size group: Mid cap (74%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $50.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,416
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $50.00 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 $2,416.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +5.1%
- Deepest drop
- -35%
- Yearly volatility
- 17%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 35% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.75%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.92
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.92 per share, which is 2.75% of today's price. The last payment was $0.92 on Jun 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $4.21M
- Shares a day
- 40K
On an average day about $4.21M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 15.0
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 34%
- Fairly valued 18%
- Overvalued 48%
On average the companies inside trade for 15.0 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 48% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 22% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IU IUS4.DE iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.58% | $650.2M | +22% | Pays out | 97% |
SC SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | United States | 0.40% | $12.9B | +7.2% | Pays out | 30% |
HS HSCZ iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | United States | 0.83% | $223.9M | +11% | Pays out | 29% |
TI TISC Thrivent International Small Cap ETF | United States | 0.55% | $2.32M | - | - | 21% |
IJ IJPA.AS iShares Core MSCI Japan IMI UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.12% | $8.43B | +25% | Reinvests | 20% |
EU EUNN.DE iShares Core MSCI Japan IMI UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.12% | $8.44B | +25% | Reinvests | 20% |