NYSEARCA:EWJ - iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Price, Price Target & More

iShares MSCI Japan ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "EWJ."

iShares MSCI Japan ETF declared a semiannual dividend on Tuesday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.3994 per share on Tuesday, December 26th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 19th. This is an increase from iShares MSCI Japan ETF's previous semiannual dividend of $0.35. View iShares MSCI Japan ETF's Dividend History.

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF reverse split before market open on Monday, November 7th 2016. The 1-4 reverse split was announced on Friday, October 14th 2016. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Friday, November 4th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock prior to the reverse split would have 25 shares after the split.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 13th, there was short interest totalling 9,982,546 shares, a drop of 31.6% from the March 30th total of 14,602,228 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,883,051 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days.

News coverage about EWJ stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. iShares MSCI Japan ETF earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the exchange traded fund an impact score of 44.78 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (12.48%), BlackRock Inc. (5.07%), 1607 Capital Partners LLC (1.03%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.99%), Windhaven Investment Management Inc. (0.95%) and AGF Investments Inc. (0.92%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

EWJ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Eaton Vance Management, AGF Investments Inc., Comerica Bank, Franklin Resources Inc., W. E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. View Insider Buying and Selling for iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

EWJ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Suntrust Banks Inc., Flow Traders U.S. LLC, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co, Employees Retirement System of Texas, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , VCU Investment Management Co and 1607 Capital Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

Shares of EWJ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EWJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.13.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a market capitalization of $22.19 billion.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF's mailing address is Suite 1405, 525 Washington Boulevard, JERSEY CITY, 94105, United States. The exchange traded fund can be reached via phone at +1-617-9377270.