iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) Short Interest Update

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 20,227 shares, a growth of 913.9% from the June 30th total of 1,995 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 53,995 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

HAWX stock traded down $0.08 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $44.90. The stock had a trading volume of 37,262 shares, compared to its average volume of 27,194. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $45.43 and a 200 day simple moving average of $43.27. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $34.88 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $343.49 million, a PE ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.51.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 15.2% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 217,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,693,000 after buying an additional 28,659 shares during the period. Nova Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 559.1% during the 4th quarter. Nova Wealth Management Inc. now owns 13,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $552,000 after purchasing an additional 11,869 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 31.0% during the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 460 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (HAWX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of global large- and mid-cap stocks outside the US, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HAWX was launched on Jun 29, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.