iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,990,000 shares, an increase of 47.4% from the March 31st total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,216,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Fifth Third Bancorp acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $41,000. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $50,000. Principal Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $56,000. DB Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 49.3% in the 3rd quarter. DB Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 1,214 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 401 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 84.7% in the 1st quarter. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,000 after purchasing an additional 751 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ ACWX opened at $52.53 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $44.89 and a one year high of $53.74. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $52.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $50.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.56 billion, a PE ratio of 13.49 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

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.