iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Stock Short Interest Report for September

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the target of a large increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,388,447 shares, an increase of 1,571.1% from the September 15th total of 322,447 shares. Currently, 2.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 9,950,096 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of ACWX stock traded up $0.63 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $75.48. 1,998,550 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,877,182. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $63.92 and a 1 year high of $78.78. The firm has a market cap of $17.51 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.78. The company’s 50 day moving average is $76.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $75.02.

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

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $407,203,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 21.8% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,621,489 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,521,000 after acquiring an additional 469,335 shares in the last quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.1% in the 1st quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 1,677,698 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,872,000 after acquiring an additional 65,595 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 7.2% during the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,682,581 shares of the company’s stock valued at $112,952,000 after acquiring an additional 113,135 shares during the period. Finally, Koss Olinger Consulting LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $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.