iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 409,206 shares, an increase of 67.4% from the April 30th total of 244,407 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 1,579,342 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ACWX. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its stake in 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 valued at $58,055,000 after acquiring an additional 15,647 shares in the last quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC increased 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 valued at $65,814,000 after purchasing an additional 20,849 shares during the period. Johnson Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of 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 during the period. German American Bancorp Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 1,619,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $105,298,000 after purchasing an additional 49,962 shares during the period. Finally, Investment Research Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $4,696,000.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Down 0.6%
ACWX stock traded down $0.45 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $77.10. The company had a trading volume of 290,477 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,791,055. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $58.47 and a one year high of $77.58. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $72.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $70.42.
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.
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