iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Hits New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $124.00 and last traded at $124.00, with a volume of 309 shares. The stock had previously closed at $123.30.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Performance

The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $113.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $103.55. The firm has a market cap of $4.39 billion, a PE ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.72.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.4208 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AAXJ. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.4% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 19,330 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,597,000 after acquiring an additional 459 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 42.0% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 10,534 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $870,000 after acquiring an additional 3,115 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 21,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,937,000 after acquiring an additional 898 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $142,000. Finally, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 155.1% in the 3rd quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 97,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,091,000 after purchasing an additional 59,450 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.