iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,790,000 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the June 15th total of 2,400,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,285,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.0 %
ACWX stock opened at $50.42 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $38.81 and a 1 year high of $50.78. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $48.82. The firm has a market cap of $4.56 billion, a PE ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.82.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 8th were issued a $0.7978 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 7th.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Romano Brothers AND Company bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 74.6% during the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 585 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the period. Finally, CWM LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 50.8% during the 4th quarter. CWM LLC now owns 653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares in 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.
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