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iShares Global Healthcare ETF IXJ

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares Trust Equity · Global
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Last price 109.10 USD Change: Up +2.67 Percent change: Up +2.51%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.40%
Prospectus 1 Aug 2025
Net assets
$3.8B
As of 30 Jun 2026
Holdings
124
As of 30 Jun 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.32%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · Global (equity). Its last price was US$109.10 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.4% a year, from its prospectus dated 1 Aug 2025. It reported net assets of US$3.84 billion as of 30 Jun 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 124 holdings as of 30 Jun 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.44 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.32%, paid twice a year.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.40%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.39%
Prospectus date
1 Aug 2025
Filed with the SEC
22 Jul 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$3,844,812,651
Total assets
$3,887,056,645
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026
Report made public
24 Aug 2026 (55 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 124 positions, as of 30 Jun 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

IXJ top holdings as of 30 Jun 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY ELI LILLY CO US5324571083 10.93% $420.3M Equity (common) United States USD
2 JOHNSON & JOHNSON US4781601046 7.04% $270.8M Equity (common) United States USD
3 ABBVIE INC. US00287Y1091 5.12% $196.9M Equity (common) United States USD
4 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED US91324P1021 4.40% $169.0M Equity (common) United States USD
5 MERCK & CO., INC. US58933Y1055 4.12% $158.4M Equity (common) United States USD
6 ASTRAZENECA PLC GB0009895292 3.76% $144.5M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
7 Roche Holding AG CH1499059983 3.75% $144.2M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
8 Novartis AG CH0012005267 3.71% $142.8M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
9 AMGEN INC. US0311621009 2.54% $97.5M Equity (common) United States USD
10 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED US8835561023 2.42% $93.0M Equity (common) United States USD
11 ABBOTT LABORATORIES US0028241000 2.05% $78.9M Equity (common) United States USD
12 GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. US3755581036 2.04% $78.3M Equity (common) United States USD
13 NOVO NORDISK A/S DK0062498333 1.99% $76.4M Equity (common) Denmark DKK
14 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. US46120E6023 1.83% $70.3M Equity (common) United States USD
15 PFIZER INC. US7170811035 1.78% $68.5M Equity (common) United States USD
16 CVS HEALTH CORPORATION US1266501006 1.71% $65.9M Equity (common) United States USD
17 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED US92532F1003 1.64% $62.9M Equity (common) United States USD
18 DANAHER CORPORATION US2358511028 1.56% $59.9M Equity (common) United States USD
19 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY US1101221083 1.53% $58.7M Equity (common) United States USD
20 STRYKER CORPORATION US8636671013 1.41% $54.2M Equity (common) United States USD
21 GSK PLC GB00BN7SWP63 1.38% $53.1M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
22 MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY MEDTRONIC PLC IE00BTN1Y115 1.30% $50.1M Equity (common) Ireland USD
23 SANOFI SA FR0000120578 1.18% $45.5M Equity (common) France EUR
24 MCKESSON CORPORATION US58155Q1031 1.18% $45.3M Equity (common) United States USD
25 ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. US0367521038 1.09% $41.9M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 30 Jun 2026

All 124 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.57%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 1.27%
Other 0.04%
Equity derivatives 0.02%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 70.64%
Switzerland 10.35%
United Kingdom 5.83%
Japan 3.68%
Denmark 2.30%
France 1.97%
Germany 1.59%
Ireland 1.57%
Netherlands 1.12%
Australia 0.81%
Belgium 0.47%
South Korea 0.24%
Other (7) 0.32%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 72.21%
Swiss franc (CHF) 10.08%
British pound (GBP) 5.83%
Euro (EUR) 5.31%
Japanese yen (JPY) 3.68%
Danish krone (DKK) 2.30%
Australian dollar (AUD) 0.81%
Hong Kong dollar (HKD) 0.27%
South Korean won (KRW) 0.24%
Brazilian real (BRL) 0.09%
Swedish krona (SEK) 0.06%
Canadian dollar (CAD) <0.01%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Health Care 63.43%
Industrials 5.44%
Consumer Staples 1.71%
Technology 0.35%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 70.9% of net assets (71% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.4440
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
1.32%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Twice a year
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.4440) ÷ latest price ($109.10) × 100 = 1.32%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (10 payments)
IXJ distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$0.8460
16 Dec 2025$0.5980
16 Jun 2025$0.7630
17 Dec 2024$0.6170
11 Jun 2024$0.6720
20 Dec 2023$0.5560
7 Jun 2023$0.6440
13 Dec 2022$0.4400
9 Jun 2022$0.5510
13 Dec 2021$0.4820

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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