iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,310,000 shares, an increase of 58.6% from the January 31st total of 826,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,407,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

ACWX opened at $55.45 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.05 billion, a PE ratio of 16.53 and a beta of 0.83. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $49.84 and a fifty-two week high of $57.96. The business has a 50-day moving average of $53.88 and a 200-day moving average of $54.65.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.7673 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. SageView Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 12,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $657,000 after purchasing an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc raised its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 12,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $665,000 after buying an additional 186 shares in the last quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors now owns 55,903 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,916,000 after buying an additional 210 shares during the last quarter. Leo Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Leo Wealth LLC now owns 18,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $960,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sage Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Sage Financial Group Inc. now owns 68,207 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,903,000 after acquiring an additional 231 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.