EWJ
iShares MSCI Japan ETFNYSE
Factor tilt: Blend
$88.260.00%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- —
- 1 month
- -9.3%
- 3 months
- -8.1%
- 1 year
- +6.6%
- 52-week range
- $79.49$99.32
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- $0.501 · 0.57% yield
- Last ex-date
- Jun 15, 2026 · $0.501
- Short interest
- 5.2M sharessettled Oct 15, 2026 · -53.2% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched EWJ. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
5,173,679 shares short
-5,882,537 shares (-53.2%) vs Sep 30, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
11,056,216 shares short
+6,941,272 shares (+168.7%) vs Sep 15, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
4,114,944 shares short
-2,305,220 shares (-35.9%) vs Aug 31, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
6,420,164 shares short
-219,716 shares (-3.3%) vs Aug 14, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
6,639,880 shares short
+97,816 shares (+1.5%) vs Jul 31, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
6,542,064 shares short
+1,788,534 shares (+37.6%) vs Jul 15, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind EWJ’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
USD 0.500975 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 15, 2026
Recorded pay date: Jun 18, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 3.061371 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 16, 2025
Recorded pay date: Dec 19, 2025 (past date)
Special cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.591175 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 16, 2025
Recorded pay date: Jun 20, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 1.064451 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 17, 2024
Recorded pay date: Dec 20, 2024 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.508651 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 11, 2024
Recorded pay date: Jun 17, 2024 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.874593 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 20, 2023
Recorded pay date: Dec 27, 2023 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
1 for 4 · reverse split
Effective Nov 7, 2016
Each 4 pre-split shares become 1 post-split share.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Exchange-traded fund: no earnings reports
Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
95 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Nov 3, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: accumulating (heavy)
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Insider activity
EWJ is an exchange-traded fund. Funds have no corporate insiders, earnings calls or executives, so the insider and earnings reads are left out. Its holdings, institutional holders, distributions and price below still apply.
EWJ holdings · Nov 7, 2026
167 holdings. Largest 15 by weight, from EODHD.
| Holding | Weight |
|---|---|
| 8306 | 4.32% |
| 7203 | 3.71% |
| 6857 | 3.19% |
| 6098 | 2.97% |
| 6758 | 2.77% |
| 8316 | 2.74% |
| 6501 | 2.73% |
| 8035 | 2.7% |
| 8411 | 2.18% |
| 9984 | 2.09% |
| 8766 | 1.9% |
| 8058 | 1.76% |
| 6861 | 1.76% |
| 9983 | 1.65% |
| 285A | 1.64% |
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
789 filers reported a long position in EWJ for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
67%
of the 161.9M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
8 added2 trimmed
Net shares held
+13.4%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $2.6B · 27.4M shares | 27.4M | +52.9% |
| 2 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | $2.3B · 25.1M shares | 25.1M | -2% |
| 3 | MORGAN STANLEY | $2B · 21.2M shares | 21.2M | +7% |
| 4 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | $602.4M · 6.5M shares | 6.5M | +27.9% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | $559.9M · 6M shares | 6M | +8.1% |
| 6 | ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | $558.7M · 6M shares | 6M | +2.2% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | $478.8M · 5.1M shares | 5.1M | +6.3% |
| 8 | First Command Advisory Services, Inc. | $419.2M · 4.5M shares | 4.5M | +2% |
| 9 | UBS Group AG | $318.6M · 3.4M shares | 3.4M | -11.8% |
| 10 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | $296.6M · 3.2M shares | 3.2M | +18.6% |
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Holders of more than 5% of EWJ file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | BlackRock Portfolio Management LLC13G · passive · amended | 15.2% |
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