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 Coronavirus (COVID-19) 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 announced a semi-annual dividend on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.716 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th. View iShares MSCI Japan ETF's dividend history.

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF reverse split on the morning of 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.

Media headlines about EWJ stock have been trending very negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. iShares MSCI Japan ETF earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the exchange traded fund a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company'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 a variety of 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.