Polen Capital Management LLC Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Polen Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 863.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 380,271 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 340,791 shares during the quarter. Polen Capital Management LLC owned 0.42% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $19,835,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 12,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $665,000 after acquiring an additional 186 shares during the period. VERITY Wealth Advisors increased 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 valued at $2,916,000 after acquiring an additional 210 shares during the period. Leo Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Leo Wealth LLC now owns 18,407 shares of the company’s stock valued at $960,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares during the period. Smith Anglin Financial LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC now owns 17,057 shares of the company’s stock valued at $890,000 after acquiring an additional 248 shares during the period. Finally, Mirador Capital Partners LP increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Mirador Capital Partners LP now owns 7,460 shares of the company’s stock valued at $389,000 after acquiring an additional 270 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 1.8 %

ACWX stock opened at $56.57 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $54.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $54.71. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $49.84 and a 12-month high of $57.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.53 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Profile

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.