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

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in 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. Based on an average daily volume of 1,598,222 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock traded up $0.27 on Tuesday, reaching $75.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 414,349 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,629,138. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $75.10 and its 200 day moving average price is $71.80. The company has a market cap of $11.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a twelve month low of $59.67 and a twelve month high of $77.58.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

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

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the first quarter worth about $376,668,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,864.9% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,400,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $161,115,000 after purchasing an additional 2,319,101 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 10,101.6% in the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 1,294,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,899,000 after purchasing an additional 1,281,794 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Koss Olinger Consulting LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $81,777,000.

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.