iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Reaches New 52-Week High – Time to Buy?

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $77.64 and last traded at $77.51, with a volume of 126207 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $76.64.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.7%

The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.47 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $73.23. The company has a market capitalization of $11.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.8524 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

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

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $291,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 13.2% in the 2nd quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC now owns 19,585 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,491,000 after purchasing an additional 2,291 shares in the last quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 37,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,839,000 after purchasing an additional 345 shares in the last quarter. Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $222,000. Finally, City Holding Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.7% during the 2nd quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 44,320 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,373,000 after purchasing an additional 3,555 shares during the period.

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.