Short Interest in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Increases By 132.1%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 585,770 shares, a growth of 132.1% from the May 31st total of 252,414 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,598,222 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

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

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 893,012 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,055,000 after buying an additional 15,647 shares during the last quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 980,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,814,000 after purchasing an additional 20,849 shares during the period. Johnson Financial Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 14.1% during the third quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 729,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,428,000 after purchasing an additional 90,039 shares during the last quarter. Investment Research Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the third quarter worth about $4,696,000. Finally, Premier Path Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 31.0% in the 4th quarter. Premier Path Wealth Partners LLC now owns 270,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,162,000 after buying an additional 64,073 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

ACWX traded up $0.30 during trading on Monday, reaching $75.31. 685,763 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,641,880. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $59.67 and a 1 year high of $77.58. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $71.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company 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.