NYSEARCA:EWJiShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Price, Forecast & News

iShares MSCI Japan ETF's stock was trading at $49.67 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EWJ shares have increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $55.79. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF declared a semi-annual dividend on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be given a dividend of $0.716 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View iShares MSCI Japan ETF's dividend history.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF shares reverse split 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.

News stories about EWJ stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. iShares MSCI Japan ETF earned a news impact score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the exchange traded fund a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other iShares MSCI Japan ETF investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), General Electric (GE), Altria Group (MO) and Starbucks (SBUX).

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

iShares MSCI Japan ETF's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Money Design Co. Ltd. (0.53%), Hexavest Inc. (0.23%), 6 Meridian (0.11%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), E&G Advisors LP (0.02%) and EisnerAmper Wealth Management Corporate Benefits LLC (0.01%).

EWJ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Money Design Co. Ltd., 6 Meridian, E&G Advisors LP, Ayalon Holdings Ltd., Tsfg LLC, and Private Trust Co. NA.

EWJ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and EisnerAmper Wealth Management Corporate Benefits LLC.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of EWJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.79.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a market capitalization of $9.72 billion.

The official website for iShares MSCI Japan ETF is www.ishares.com.

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.