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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

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
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 Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.044040
AutoTheta0.046091
AutoARIMA0.046971
AutoETS0.046972

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.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.89% 1.51% 1.49% 1.40%
Dividend History
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
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.973
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.009251688
dividendYield 1.44

Info Dump

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