The iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Pacific region developed market equities, excluding Japan, as represented by the MSCI Pacific ex Japan Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. As of Aug 31 2015, the Fund's total assets were $2,057,138,658 and the Fund's investment portfolio was valued at $2,035,903,224. We show 219 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our EPP shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute EPP market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing EPP market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing EPP's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of EPP versus a peer is one thing; comparing
EPP market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like EPP can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching EPP by allowing them to research the EPP market cap history. |
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