iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 682,500 shares, a drop of 67.0% from the December 31st total of 2,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,163,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX traded up $0.07 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $53.90. The company had a trading volume of 422,809 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,446,115. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $53.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $54.36. The firm has a market cap of $4.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $49.78 and a 1-year high of $57.96.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of ACWX. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $787,000. Kathmere Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $237,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 21,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,126,000 after purchasing an additional 246 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 18.1% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 214,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,398,000 after acquiring an additional 32,895 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SPC Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. SPC Financial Inc. now owns 63,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,391,000 after purchasing an additional 2,313 shares in the last quarter.

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.