iShares Global Healthcare ETF IXJ · AMEX
$106.49 -0.41% (-$0.44)
Summary
iShares Global Healthcare ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 128. The ten largest make up 47% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.38%
- Fund size
- $4.52B
- Positions
- 128
- Dividend yield
- 1.36%
- Running since
- 2001
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.38% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A large fund with $4.52B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $26.7M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.1%.
- It has been running since 2001.
What to watch
Nothing here calls for caution.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +3.8%
- 3 months
- +8.5%
- This year
- +9.3%
- 1 year
- +15%
- 3 years
- +31%
- 5 years
- +24%
- 10 years
- +117%
- Avg. market cap
- $364.7B
- P/E
- 30.3x
- Forward P/E
- 19.9x
- P/S
- 1.8x
- P/B
- 4.9x
- P/FCF
- 21.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.7x
- Dividend yield
- 1.56%
- ROIC
- 12.9%
- ROE
- 30.6%
- Gross margin
- 62.7%
- Operating margin
- 21.3%
- Net margin
- 13.5%
- Payout ratio
- 47.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.7x
- Beta
- 0.55
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 83% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 LLEli Lilly LLY 11%
- 2 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 6.6%
- 3 ABAbbVie ABBV 5.4%
- 4 UNUnitedHealth UNH 4.3%
- 5 MRMerck & Co. MRK 4.2%
- 6 RORoche Holding AG ROP.SW 3.8%
- 7 NONovartis AG NOVN.SW 3.3%
- 8 ASTRAZENECA PLC 3.1%
- 9 TMThermo Fisher Scientific TMO 3.1%
- 10 AMAmgen AMGN 2.8%
Positions in the fund: 128. The ten largest make up 47% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy country
- United States 73%
- Switzerland 9.9%
- United Kingdom 5.0%
- Japan 3.6%
- Other countries 9.1%
By company size
- Mega cap 47%
- Large cap 52%
- Mid cap 0.8%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 95% of the fund.
Largest country: United States (73%). Largest size group: Large cap (52%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $38.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,856
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $38.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $1,856.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +8.1%
- Deepest drop
- -19%
- Yearly volatility
- 16%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 19% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.36%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.85
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.44 per share, which is 1.36% of today's price. The last payment was $0.85 on Jun 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $26.7M
- Shares a day
- 250K
On an average day about $26.7M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 30.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 61 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 13%
- Fairly valued 31%
- Overvalued 56%
On average the companies inside trade for 30.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 56% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 83% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IX IXJ.AX iShares Global Healthcare ETF | Australia | 0.41% | $1.11B | +8.3% | Pays out | 98% |
XH XHC.TO iShares Global Healthcare Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) | Canada | 0.66% | $408.2M | +14% | Pays out | 98% |
XD XDWH.DE Xtrackers MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF 1C | Ireland | 0.25% | $4.25B | +20% | Reinvests | 90% |
DR DRUG.AX BetaShares - Global Healthcare Currency Hedged ETF | Australia | 0.57% | $126.5M | +13% | Pays out | 81% |
WH WHCA.AS iShares MSCI World Health Care Sector Advanced UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.18% | $367.4M | +19% | Reinvests | 77% |
WH WHCS.AS iShares MSCI World Health Care Sector Advanced UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.18% | $681.2M | +13% | Pays out | 77% |