Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
Last (Price)
158.72
Change
▼ -0.35 (-0.22)
Bid / Ask
158.64 - 159.12
Volume
17,554
Turnover
2,790,568
Open
159.13
Day Range
158.49 - 159.40
VWAP
158.97
Prev Close
159.07
Last Trade
04/11 3:56pm
Fund profile
Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the S&P Global 1200 Health Care Sector Net TR IndexTM (AUD).
Asset allocation · 30 SEP 2026
Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.
US equity 74.35%Non-US equity 25.27%
Asset class
Net %
Long %
Short %
Equity
99.62
99.62
0.00
Bond
0.00
0.00
0.00
Cash
0.38
0.43
0.06
Other
0.00
0.00
0.00
Sector exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.
Cyclical 0.00%Sensitive 0.00%Defensive 100.00%
Healthcare
100.00%
Basic Materials
0.00%
Consumer Cyclical
0.00%
Financial Services
0.00%
Real Estate
0.00%
Communication Services
0.00%
Energy
0.00%
Industrials
0.00%
Technology
0.00%
Consumer Defensive
0.00%
Utilities
0.00%
Region exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.
Developed markets 99.93%Emerging markets 0.08%
North America
74.63%
Europe Developed
15.78%
United Kingdom
4.87%
Japan
3.59%
Australasia
1.06%
Latin America
0.08%
Europe Emerging
0.00%
Africa / Middle East
0.00%
Asia Developed
0.00%
Asia Emerging
0.00%
Country exposure
Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
United States
74.63%
Switzerland
9.77%
United Kingdom
4.87%
Japan
3.59%
Denmark
1.93%
France
1.73%
Germany
1.48%
Australia
1.06%
Belgium
0.42%
Netherlands
0.25%
Other Countries
0.12%
Brazil
0.07%
Style box
Displays where the fund's shareholdings sit on Morningstar's style box: size (large, mid, small) down and investment style (value, blend, growth) across, sourced from Morningstar.
LargeMidSmallValueBlendGrowth
Style
Large Value
Average moat
Wide
Size score
246
SmallMidLarge
Value-growth score
69
ValueBlendGrowth
Economic moat
Wide 62%Narrow 31%None 7%
Market capitalisation
Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
Giant
26.09%
Large
53.54%
Mid
18.96%
Small
1.40%
Micro
0.00%
Giant 26%Large 54%Mid 19%Small 1%
Average market cap
$238.65B
Number of holdings
3
Shares held
0
Portfolio statistics · 29 OCT 2026
Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
Price / earnings
27.13
Price / book
4.18
Price / sales
1.84
Price / cash flow
16.47
Dividend yield
1.80%
Assets in top 10
99.97%
Return on equity
25.66%
Net margin
15.46%
Earnings growth (3 yr)
12.85%
Top holdings · top 10 = 100.00% of assets
Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
Holding
% Weight
First bought
Market value
Currency
Units held
Sector
Country
iShares Global Healthcare ETF 552437
99.96
—
1.50B
USD
10.2M
—
United States
AUD - Spendable Cash
0.09
—
1.4M
AUD
1.4M
—
United States
USD/AUD Purchased
0.09
—
1.3M
USD
930,881
—
—
USD/AUD Sold
-0.09
—
-1.3M
AUD
930,881
—
—
USD - Spendable Cash
-0.06
—
-852,763
USD
593,267
—
United States
USD - OTHER PAYABLES/RECEIVABLES
0.00
—
-777
USD
541
—
United States
Cash Offset
0.00
—
-1
—
1
—
—
Icash
—
—
0
—
0
—
—
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Fund (NAV)Market price
1M
-2.0
3M
3.8
6M
10.0
YTD
5.6
1Y
16.7
3Y
8.8
5Y
5.3
10Y
8.7
Period
Fund (NAV) %
Market price %
Before fees %
Rank in category
1 month
-2.03
-0.98
-2.00
—
3 months
3.79
3.83
3.90
—
6 months
10.00
13.31
10.23
—
Year to date
5.65
7.17
5.97
—
1 year
16.71
20.67
17.19
—
3 years p.a.
8.76
9.03
9.21
—
5 years p.a.
5.29
5.26
5.72
—
10 years p.a.
8.72
8.96
9.19
—
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Displays the total return after fees and the capital (price) return for each calendar year, with the fund's rank in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
TotalCapital
2016
-4.0
2017
9.7
2018
14.7
2019
21.7
2020
3.0
2021
26.8
2022
0.1
2023
5.9
2024
10.0
2025
7.5
Year
Total %
Capital %
Rank in category
2025
7.50
5.02
—
2024
10.03
8.70
—
2023
5.87
1.84
—
2022
0.14
0.67
—
2021
26.81
25.37
—
2020
3.03
1.07
—
2019
21.71
20.57
—
2018
14.69
13.02
—
2017
9.72
9.76
—
2016
-4.00
-7.32
—
2015
20.93
15.85
—
Financial year returns
Displays the total return after fees for each financial year to 30 June, sourced from Morningstar.
FY17
6.6
FY18
9.0
FY19
17.1
FY20
15.0
FY21
12.0
FY22
7.7
FY23
9.4
FY24
10.1
FY25
-4.2
FY26
9.5
Financial year
Total %
Financial year to date
3.36
Year to 30 JUN 2026
9.48
Year to 30 JUN 2025
-4.20
Year to 30 JUN 2024
10.14
Year to 30 JUN 2023
9.37
Year to 30 JUN 2022
7.72
Year to 30 JUN 2021
11.98
Year to 30 JUN 2020
15.01
Year to 30 JUN 2019
17.06
Year to 30 JUN 2018
8.99
Year to 30 JUN 2017
6.64
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
Displays how the fund has moved relative to its category index: alpha (return beyond the index), beta (sensitivity to it), R-squared (how much the index explains), volatility and risk-adjusted returns, sourced from Morningstar.
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Alpha
4.24
-3.92
-1.68
0.70
Beta
0.49
0.47
0.50
0.59
R-squared
8.01
12.10
19.87
30.64
Standard deviation
14.06
13.39
14.16
13.70
Sharpe ratio
0.45
0.18
0.25
0.65
Sortino ratio
0.76
0.22
0.34
1.03
Tracking error
15.70
12.85
12.12
10.55
Information ratio
0.09
-0.99
-0.55
-0.40
Upside capture %
109.33
56.11
56.70
71.40
Downside capture %
105.31
108.64
66.27
72.68
Maximum drawdown %
-13.54
-13.54
-13.54
-13.54
Measured against MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD with RBA Bank accepted Bills 90 Days as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.
Risk score
80.3
Cash 0
Global shares 100
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
Tracking volatility
2.200
Est. holding cost %
0.588
Market impact cost %
0.097
Fees and costs
Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
Management fees and costs
0.41% p.a.
Performance fee costs
0.00% p.a.
Transaction costs
0.00% p.a.
Total cost ratio
0.41% p.a.
Total cost ratio (last FY)
0.41% p.a.
Performance fee
Not Disclosed
PDS dated
24 SEP 2026
Distributions
Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
Latest distribution
1.5397
Ex Date
1 JUL 2026
Record Date
2 JUL 2026
Pay Date
13 JUL 2026
NAV at ex date
141.13
Paid this year
1.5397
Distributions by year
Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.
2024
2.1
2023
2.4
2022
1.2
2021
1.4
2020
1.3
2019
1.4
2018
2.0
2017
0.7
2016
1.1
2015
1.1
Year
Per unit ($)
2024
2.0777
2023
2.3674
2022
1.1602
2021
1.3705
2020
1.2950
2019
1.3630
2018
2.0018
2017
0.7024
2016
1.0803
2015
1.1148
Distribution history
Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
Ex Date
Per unit ($)
1 JUL 2026
1.5397
29 DEC 2025
0.7235
1 JUL 2025
1.3543
27 DEC 2024
0.7811
1 JUL 2024
0.8671
2 JAN 2024
0.7192
3 JUL 2023
1.1602
21 DEC 2022
0.5272
1 JUL 2022
0.8432
21 DEC 2021
0.5648
1 JUL 2021
0.7302
22 DEC 2020
0.4667
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Above Average
ESG risk score
17.35
NegligibleLowMediumHighSevere
Category average 18.57
Rank in category
21st percentile of 8,750 funds
Environmental risk
2.36
Social risk
10.69
Governance risk
4.30
Portfolio covered
99.7%
ESG risk of holdings
Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Negligible
3.53%
Low
70.12%
Medium
26.35%
High
0.00%
Severe
0.00%
11.64% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Carbon risk score
2.31
LowMediumHighSevere
Category average 9.07
Carbon risk
Low Risk
Rank in category
10th percentile of 55 funds
Fossil fuel involvement
0.00%
Category average
5.26%
Low Carbon Designation
Yes
Portfolio covered
99.7%
Fund managers
Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
JKJane Kim
Tenure
Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
Number of managers
1
Average tenure
3.5 years
Longest tenure
3.5 years
Longest serving
Jane Kim · since 1 APR 2023
Most recent appointment
Jane Kim · since 1 APR 2023
Managed since
1 APR 2023
Other funds managed
42
Displays all company announcements released by the company to the exchange, sourced from Morningstar.
The iShares Global Healthcare ETF (ASX: IXJ) gives investors broad exposure to global healthcare, covering pharma, biotech, medical devices and even insurers, with major holdings like UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), and Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY). For a cost of 0.41% this is an attractive ETF to buy into the long-term growth drivers such as ageing populations, rising healthcare demand and ongoing medical innovation, which have driven the sector higher in the past - in the past it’s been a “go too” sector.
This major global healthcare ETF has a market cap in excess of $1.3bn, allowing investors to gain exposure to the sector while ironing out the huge influence of CSL locally.
Healthcare stocks caught our attention on Wednesday after their +1.3% advance. However, they’ve been a clear laggard in 2024, advancing only +2.1%, while four other sectors have delivered double-digit gains. The potential influence of the new wonder weight loss drug, Ozempic et al., has weighed on a couple of influential ASX names, but with interest rate cuts on the horizon, we question if this underperformance will continue. Another bonus from the sector is its label as a defensive play, a comforting addition to most portfolios with global equities pushing to fresh all-time highs.
The Australian Healthcare Sector has surged ~30% since late October, and although we are bullish over the coming years, a period of consolidation is overdue, and an 8-10% pullback wouldn’t surprise - at current levels, we aren’t looking to increase our exposure to the sector, pretty much in line with our view on the market in general. The sector has shown a strong inverse correlation to bond yields over the years, falling sharply when bonds rally/yields fall and vice versa.
The ASX Healthcare sector has been the main underperformer through 2023, falling over -10%, while the Tech Sector has advanced closer to +20%. There have been some standout laggards in this much-loved sector, with Healius (HLS) and PolyNovo (PNV) down over -30% year-to-date, while only Cochlear and Pro Medicus (PME) have managed to post gains coming into November.
Healthcare stocks are in the same growth basket as tech without steroid-like volatility. Over the last 5 years apart from COVID rising bond yields has been the bane of the sector leading to sharp corrections in both 2018 and late 2021. However, we believe central banks are close to a rate pivot which should be supportive of healthcare stocks.
Conversely the local Healthcare Sector looks constructive after a tough 18-months, so far 2021 has been one of stock / sector rotation and the healthcare space does look bullish moving forward after being lest floundering for the last year.
MM has been looking for a recovery by the defensive sectors over recent sessions and its slowly been playing out but the big question is do we believe the likes of Healthcare will rally or simply outperform some hot value stocks that have soared in 2021.
MM is looking for the Healthcare Sector to outperform this coming quarter.
Business Summary
iShares Global Healthcare ETF/AU is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in Australia. The ETF tracks the S&P Global Healthcare Index. The ETF holds global large-cap health care stocks. Its investments are focused in pharmaceutical, bio tech, and medical device companies; with its largest allocation to the United States. A market capitalization methodology is used for weighting.
The ETF is listed on the ASX under code IXJ
For more information – Click here to go to the ETF information page
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