iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ)Health | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
104.77 USD
-0.40
(-0.380%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 104.77 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:57 a.m. EDT
The healthcare sector is showing signs of a technical rebound, with the ETF breaking above its 50-day moving average and posting a strong recent close near the yearly high. This momentum, combined with a moderate statistical forecast leaning slightly positive, supports a bullish short-term view. However, the long-term picture remains mixed; despite a massive 70% gain over the last nine years, the asset suffered a significant 11% drop last year, indicating a recent correction in market sentiment. The valuation is elevated relative to book value, suggesting the market has already priced in much of the recovery. For income investors, the yield is modest and insufficient to offset the recent price volatility, making this a speculative swing trade rather than a core holding. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.044040 |
| AutoTheta | 0.046091 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.046971 |
| AutoETS | 0.046972 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 55% |
| H-stat | 8.71 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.186 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.65 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 27.53 |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:57 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is extremely thin and ambiguous. Call volume is negligible, concentrated entirely in deep in-the-money strikes, while put activity is similarly sparse and focused on out-of-the-money protection. The lack of meaningful open interest or volume at standard strikes suggests a lack of active directional conviction from retail or institutional flow.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.89% | 1.51% | 1.49% | 1.40% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-15 | 0.8460 | 0.892123 |
| 2025-12-16 | 0.5980 | 0.619753 |
| 2025-06-16 | 0.7630 | 0.881775 |
| 2024-12-17 | 0.6170 | 0.702814 |
| 2024-06-11 | 0.6720 | 0.722814 |
| 2023-12-20 | 0.5560 | 0.659706 |
| 2023-06-07 | 0.6440 | 0.773295 |
| 2022-12-13 | 0.4400 | 0.504761 |
| 2022-06-09 | 0.5510 | 0.680499 |
| 2021-12-13 | 0.4820 | 0.553514 |
| 2021-06-10 | 0.5330 | 0.642478 |
| 2020-12-14 | 0.4390 | 0.590689 |
| 2020-06-15 | 0.5340 | 0.794525 |
| 2019-12-16 | 0.4790 | 0.703377 |
| 2019-06-17 | 0.4970 | 0.819861 |
| 2018-12-28 | 0.3320 | 0.591273 |
| 2018-12-18 | 0.3470 | 0.608238 |
| 2018-06-19 | 0.5180 | 0.909730 |
| 2017-12-21 | 0.3305 | 0.585059 |
| 2017-06-20 | 0.4940 | 0.906090 |
| 2016-12-22 | 0.3620 | 0.766624 |
| 2016-06-21 | 0.4575 | 0.924056 |
| 2015-12-29 | 0.1020 | 0.195683 |
| 2015-12-21 | 0.9400 | 1.849302 |
| 2015-06-24 | 0.4200 | 0.756484 |
| 2014-12-19 | 0.1930 | 0.376696 |
| 2014-06-24 | 0.4920 | 1.049712 |
| 2013-12-17 | 0.1970 | 0.475558 |
| 2013-06-25 | 0.4520 | 1.233120 |
| 2012-12-17 | 0.2620 | 0.803188 |
| 2012-06-20 | 0.4730 | 1.602032 |
| 2011-12-19 | 0.2110 | 0.781192 |
| 2011-06-21 | 0.3975 | 1.380928 |
| 2010-12-20 | 0.2010 | 0.775014 |
| 2010-06-21 | 0.3690 | 1.556634 |
| 2009-12-21 | 0.1540 | 0.594250 |
| 2009-06-22 | 0.3580 | 1.700309 |
| 2008-12-22 | 0.1655 | 0.759697 |
| 2008-06-23 | 0.3435 | 1.351032 |
| 2007-12-24 | 0.5020 | 1.706322 |
| 2006-12-21 | 0.2435 | 0.849024 |
| 2005-12-23 | 0.1840 | 0.693032 |
| 2004-12-23 | 0.1820 | 0.748355 |
| 2003-12-22 | 0.1510 | 0.649602 |
| 2003-12-16 | 0.0315 | 0.135717 |
| 2002-12-23 | 0.1230 | 0.606658 |
| 2001-12-24 | 0.0070 | 0.028220 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 107.69 |
| All Time Low | 14.665 |
| Ask | 110.5 |
| Ask Size | 500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 274,950 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 269,611 |
| Average Volume | 269,611 |
| Average Volume10Days | 274,950 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.52 |
| Bid | 104.04 |
| Bid Size | 900 |
| Book Value | 76.962 |
| Category | Health |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 104.8676 |
| Day Low | 104.3601 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.44 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 3.8056142 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 100.8726 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.8974 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.038636856 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 19.709778 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 107.69 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.9200058 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.02711492 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 85.36 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 19.409996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.22738983 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 85.36 - 107.69 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,006,785,000,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.050612703 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | -0.400002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.380338 |
| Fullday Price | 104.77 |
| Fund Family | iShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,005,609,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Global 1200 Health Care (Sector) Capped IndexTM (the “underlying index”), which measures the performance of companies that S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “index provider” or “SPDJI”), a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc., deems to be a part of the healthcare sector of the economy and that SPDJI believes are important to global markets. The underlying index is a subset of the S&P Global 1200, which is designed to measure the performance of large-capitalization stocks from major global markets, as determined by SPDJI. |
| Long Name | iShares Global Healthcare ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_8798083 |
| Nav Price | 105.15657 |
| Net Assets | 4,093,189,630.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.38 |
| Open | 105.1 |
| Phone | 415-670-2000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 104.77 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 105.17 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.3613212 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.400002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.380338 |
| Regular Market Day High | 104.8676 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 104.3601 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 104.3601 - 104.8676 |
| Regular Market Open | 105.1 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 105.17 |
| Regular Market Price | 104.77 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 38,428 |
| Shares Outstanding | 35,850,000 |
| Short Name | iShares Global Healthcare ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | IXJ |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.0888324 |
| Total Assets | 4,093,189,632 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.973 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.009251688 |
| Trailing P E | 27.530378 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 8.79105 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 8.79105 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 97.35655 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.4134445 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.07614736 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 38,428 |
| Yield | 0.014400001 |
| Ytd Return | 3.90759 |