iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$69.12
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$70.46
- Premium-1.9%
- Peer Rank:55 of 330
- Investment Rating:B-
- Performance:C+
- RiskB-
We rate iShares MSCI Japan at B-. Positive factors that influence this rating include a low price volatility, low expense structure and long term portfolio management tenure. The fund invests approximately 99% of its assets in stocks and may be considered for investors seeking a Non-US Equity strategy.
Total return ranks below peers over the last three years. The iShares MSCI Japan has returned an annual rate of 1.73% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 7.51% in the last five years, 2.86% in the last three years, and 25.10% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 60% of them. It has also outpaced 49% of its competitors on a three year basis and 85% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, EWJ has returned 9.65%.
Downside risk has been below average. EWJ has a draw down risk of -30.46%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 15.7%. This fund has had moderate volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As EWJ is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The iShares MSCI Japan is managed by Gregory R Savage at BlackRock Fund Advisors. This fund is one of 353 BlackRock Fund Advisors exchange-traded funds launched since 3/12/1996 that we track.