Oakworth Capital Inc. Grows Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Oakworth Capital Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 11,275.7% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 31,852 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 31,572 shares during the period. Oakworth Capital Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $1,661,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Financial Advocates Investment Management boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 69.5% during the fourth quarter. Financial Advocates Investment Management now owns 41,020 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,140,000 after acquiring an additional 16,820 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 60.8% in the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 17,632 shares of the company’s stock valued at $920,000 after purchasing an additional 6,669 shares during the last quarter. Silverlake Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 78.4% in the 4th quarter. Silverlake Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $387,000 after acquiring an additional 3,262 shares during the period. Cassia Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Cassia Capital Partners LLC now owns 146,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,624,000 after acquiring an additional 1,058 shares during the period. Finally, Calamos Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 6.4% in the 4th quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 860,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,858,000 after acquiring an additional 51,590 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of ACWX opened at $54.52 on Thursday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $49.78 and a fifty-two week high of $57.96. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $53.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $54.32. The company has a market cap of $4.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

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

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.