iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV)
| Assets | $260.84M |
| Expense Ratio | 0.15% |
| PE Ratio | 12.00 |
| Shares Out | 8.20M |
| Dividend (ttm) | $1.05 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.33% |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Jun 11, 2024 |
| Payout Ratio | 39.96% |
| 1-Year Return | +8.21% |
| Volume | 56,650 |
| Open | 31.51 |
| Previous Close | 31.82 |
| Day's Range | 31.36 - 31.55 |
| 52-Week Low | 28.18 |
| 52-Week High | 33.71 |
| Beta | 0.59 |
| Holdings | 132 |
| Inception Date | Mar 5, 2019 |
About EWJV
Fund Home PageThe iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Japan Value index. The fund tracks a multi-factor-selected, market cap-weighted portfolio of Japanese equities. EWJV was launched on Mar 5, 2019 and is issued by BlackRock.
Top 10 Holdings
33.03% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 8306 | 7.04% |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 8316 | 4.68% |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | 7203 | 3.39% |
| ITOCHU Corporation | 8001 | 3.18% |
| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 8411 | 3.12% |
| Mitsubishi Corporation | 8058 | 3.09% |
| KDDI Corporation | 9433 | 2.65% |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 7267 | 2.16% |
| SoftBank Corp. | 9434 | 1.94% |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 6503 | 1.76% |
Dividends
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2024 | $0.473 | Jun 17, 2024 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | $0.575 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | $0.393 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | $0.263 | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | $0.400 | Jun 15, 2022 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | $0.392 | Dec 17, 2021 |
News
EWJV: Does Value Investing In Japan Deliver Alpha?
Japan's equities gained traction due to Warren Buffett's interest and regulatory actions aimed at improving investor sentiment, with notable companies like Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group seeing price ...
Japan: Hotter Than Expected Inflation, Output Rebound Should Support The BoJ's Policy Normalization
Today's data were a mixed bag, but the Bank of Japan will pay more attention to the sharp rise in Tokyo's inflation. Tokyo consumer prices rose more than expected to 2.6% YoY (vs 2.2% in July, 2.3% ma...
Third Quarter Economy Signals Sought From Flash PMI Data After Japan GDP Shows Rebound
Japan's economy enjoyed a strong second quarter, according to official data, which corroborates recent robust survey data. Gross domestic product rose 0.8% in the three months to June, according to in...
BoJ Hikes By 25 Bps And Starts QT: Too Little Too Late, But In Right Direction To Prop Up The Plunging Yen
The “real” policy rate is massively negative, with the new policy rate of 0.25% far below Core CPI of 2.6%. When QT reaches about ¥3 trillion per month in 2026, it would represent a reduction of its J...
EWJV ETF: Better To Wait For A Pullback
EWJV provides low-cost access to 134 large and mid-cap Japanese stocks with value characteristics. Despite outperforming developed markets by over 2x during the past year, EWJV's valuations still look...
Escape Velocity: Japan's Drift Toward Sustained Inflation
Japan has been struggling for some time to generate enough velocity in inflation to escape the gravitational pull of deflation. The story for the rest of 2024 and into 2025 is now centered on whether ...
What's The Next Step For The Bank of Japan?
In March, the Bank of Japan abolished its 8-year-old negative interest rate policy, hiking rates for the first time in 17 years by raising its benchmark rate to 0-0.1%. To combat inflation while also ...
Mixed Japanese Data Supports BoJ's Policy Normalization
We'd rather downplay the weaker-than-expected manufacturing data and focus on a solid recovery in retail sales and a reacceleration in inflation, which will be welcomed by the Bank of Japan. Inflation...
What Has Led To Japan's Come-Back?
By end-April 2024, Japanese equities had outperformed the FTSE All-World index over 12 months and in the year to date. Japan has undertaken significant structural corporate reforms in recent years.
EWJV: A Value Tilted Japan Fund That Works
The long-term case for investing in Japan's stock market may still be strong, despite short-term concerns about the Yen's volatility. The iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF is a value-driven option for inve...
Cooler Inflation Ahead Of The Bank of Japan Meeting
Inflation slowed down in March but underlying inflationary pressures are still alive. The BoJ's pause at its next week's meeting is widely expected but markets will pay more attention to the BoJ's qua...
Can Japan's Stock Market Continue Its Record-Setting Run?
Japan's equity benchmark, the Nikkei 225 Index, has been on a tear in 2024, eclipsing its previous high set back in 1989. As of early April, the index is hovering near 40,000. Solid economic growth, a...
The Bank of Japan's New Path Ahead
The Bank of Japan is set to normalise monetary policy when certain conditions are met, namely inflation, positive real cash earnings, and a recovery in domestic demand growth. We expect the window for...
The End Of Japan's Negative Interest Rates: What It Means For Gold
The Bank of Japan's historic move to end the country's negative interest rate policy after nearly two decades triggered a jolt upward to new all-time highs for gold against the yen. The BoJ announced ...
End Of An Era - Bank of Japan Reverses Negative Interest Rate Policy
Kazuo Ueda becomes Governor of the Bank of Japan, continuing the loose monetary policies implemented by his predecessor. The BOJ raises short rates from -0.1% to 0.1%, becoming the last central bank t...
Flash Insights: Bank of Japan - A 'Watchful' Adjustment
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007 and has eliminated the yield curve control framework. According to the central bank, the virtuous cycle between wages and prices w...
Flash PMI Signal Cooling Inflation And Stagnating Private Sector Activity In Japan
Japan's private sector activity broadly stagnated in February according to flash PMI data, attributed to a combination of slowing services activity growth and an acceleration in manufacturing output c...
EWJV: Weak Yen Favours Market
The iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF is similar to the iShares MSCI Japan ETF but with IT exposure mostly eliminated and redistributed into other sectors. EWJV may have more potential due to corporate gov...
The Rally In Japanese Stocks
Japan's economic growth is projected to decelerate to 0.9% in 2024 and 0.8% in 2025. Government policies have helped the recovery of Japanese stocks and will continue to be a positive factor going for...
