Short Interest in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Expands By 1,433.3%

Posted by George Bondi on Aug 25th, 2026

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 6,932,899 shares, an increase of 1,433.3% from the July 30th total of 452,166 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,959,599 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 4.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of ACWX stock traded up $0.77 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $78.22. 1,394,681 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,428,634. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a twelve month low of $61.88 and a twelve month high of $78.43. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $75.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $73.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.95 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

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

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $250,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.2% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,813 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,099,000 after acquiring an additional 1,498 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,222,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,790,000 after acquiring an additional 23,283 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $1,467,000. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 41.6% in the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 61,462 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,746,000 after purchasing an additional 18,045 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

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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.