Short Interest in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Rises By 35.9%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 277,500 shares, a growth of 35.9% from the May 15th total of 204,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,573,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ACWX. Copia Wealth Management bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Assetmark Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $39,000. Allianz SE bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the first quarter worth about $39,000. CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $51,000. Finally, CX Institutional bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the first quarter worth about $52,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

ACWX stock opened at $59.27 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.00 and a beta of 0.82. The business has a 50-day moving average of $58.07 and a 200-day moving average of $55.61. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.99 and a fifty-two week high of $61.28.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 20th. Investors of record on Monday, June 16th will be issued a dividend of $0.8468 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 16th. This is a positive change from iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF’s previous dividend of $0.77.

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.