EWJ Japan ETF (EWJ)
Japan · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US
VMCI-Composite holdings score
ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.
EWJ Japan ETF — analysis
Holding $30.2B in AUM at a 36 bps expense ratio, EWJ sits in the japan bucket on the ValueMarkers ETF coverage list. The fund tracks Index Benchmark and dates back to 2020.
Inside the ETF, the underlying companies' fundamentals stack to a VMCI-Composite of 67/100 on EWJ. The composite is built from the top-10 holdings, weighted by index allocation. The read is above-average composite quality, which is the right anchor when comparing EWJ to peer funds in the japan category.
On a five-year compound basis, EWJ returned 14.3% per year. Against the 15.0% benchmark print, that's a -0.7-pp below-index annualized result, before tax.
EWJ pays a trailing-twelve-month dividend yield of 2.80%. Distribution growth has compounded at 9.3% per year over the past five years, which sets the carry profile for income-oriented allocators inside the japan category.
Inside EWJ: top-10 weight 30%, top position AAPL at 3.55%, top sector Technology at 32%. The concentration profile shapes how much of the fund's return is driven by a small set of names.
EWJ's comparable set: SPY, VOO, VTI. Each is a japan ETF; the relative-value question is whether the 36 bps expense ratio, the 14.3% 5y CAGR, and the 2.80% yield clear the bar against the peer trio.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.55% | 68 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.47% | 46 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.38% | 65 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.26% | 72 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 3.13% | 58 |
| 6 | META | 2.88% | 59 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.66% | 80 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.66% | 88 |
| 9 | V | 2.45% | 60 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.41% | 79 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.20% | 85 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.03% | 72 |
| 13 | JNJ | 1.86% | 64 |
| 14 | PG | 1.73% | 83 |
| 15 | MA | 1.73% | 56 |
| 16 | HD | 1.52% | 64 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.35% | 48 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.35% | 71 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.31% | 57 |
| 20 | COST | 1.23% | 49 |
| 21 | KO | 1.10% | 48 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.97% | 86 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.72% | 66 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.51% | 59 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.51% | 78 |
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