Greenwood Capital Associates LLC Takes Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Greenwood Capital Associates LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 9,370 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $642,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 893,012 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,055,000 after acquiring an additional 15,647 shares in 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 4th quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 980,397 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,814,000 after acquiring an additional 20,849 shares during the period. Johnson Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 14.1% in the 3rd quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 729,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,428,000 after purchasing an additional 90,039 shares in the last quarter. Investment Research Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $4,696,000. Finally, Fluent Financial LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth $3,191,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ACWX stock opened at $75.47 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $75.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $72.29. The stock has a market cap of $11.53 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $59.67 and a 1 year high of $77.58.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

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

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 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.