iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF
$55.25−1.14 (−2.02%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.47%
- Fund size
- $2.3B
- 1Y return
- +13.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.32%
- Holdings
- 88
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $56.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net EPP Grade
Score 53 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 36Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 69Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 53Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 63Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 49Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 60Category rank
Our read on EPP
CEPP is the Pacific minus Japan: one ticket for the region's developed markets, with Japan deliberately left out so you can size that exposure yourself. It has tracked an MSCI index of roughly 90 stocks since 2001.
The fund seeks to track an index of developed-market equities in the Pacific region, excluding Japan, providing diversified regional exposure.
Why people hold it
- Japan is carved out by mandate, not by accident, so Japanese stocks are a decision you make separately instead of a weight you inherit.ishares.com
- Launched in 2001 under iShares, one of the longest-running US-listed ways to hold developed Pacific ex Japan in a single line item.
- Plain index wrapper: one declared benchmark (MSCI Pacific ex Japan Index, Net), roughly 90 holdings, no stock picking.
- A billion-dollar-plus, moderately traded fund rather than a thin niche listing, and it sits in the upper half of its index-wrapper peer group.
Worth knowing
- At 0.47%, regional exposure costs more than broad index staples like SCHK (0.03%) or VT (0.06%). You pay for the geographic slice.
- Roughly 90 stocks across a handful of Pacific markets means country, sector, and currency swings land harder than in a global fund.
- Distributions run annual or semiannual rather than quarterly, so income arrives in lumps.
EPP Holdings
- Stocks
- 88
- 48%
- BHP.AX
Sectors
- Financials46.4%
- Materials15.0%
- Industrials8.6%
- Real Estate7.0%
- Consumer Discr.6.8%
- Health Care3.7%
- Utilities3.4%
- Cons. Staples3.0%
- Energy2.7%
- Communication2.5%
- Technology0.9%
Geography
- Australia62.34%
- Singapore17.40%
- Hong Kong16.88%
- New Zealand2.08%
- Bermuda0.81%
- China0.49%
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%
EPP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | EPP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.4% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | +4.8% |
| 1 year | +13.3% |
| 3 years | +16.5% |
| 5 years | +7.0% |
| 10 years | +7.2% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EPP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.4% | |
| 2025 | +19.7% | |
| 2024 | +4.8% | |
| 2023 | +5.8% | |
| 2022 | −6.6% | |
| 2021 | +4.3% | |
| 2020 | +6.0% |
EPP in the news
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EPP Dividends
- 3.32%
- $1.87
- $0.82 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.82 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $1.05 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.86 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.97 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.70 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.97 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.81 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.71 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $1.16 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | $0.29 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $1.27 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.62 |
EPP Risk
- 13.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.83
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −24.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.79
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EPP Cost
- The middle half of Asia-Pacific Region funds
- Median 0.19%
4 of the 7 Asia-Pacific Region funds charge less.