Thornburg Investment Management Inc. Acquires 4,757 Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Thornburg Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 3.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 129,662 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,757 shares during the period. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. owned about 0.15% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $6,923,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $50,000. Principal Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $56,000. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 84.7% in the first quarter. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,638 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,000 after acquiring an additional 751 shares during the period. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 47.6% during the first quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,000 after purchasing an additional 563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Venturi Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $138,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 1.3 %

ACWX stock traded down $0.68 on Wednesday, hitting $53.27. The company had a trading volume of 1,322,996 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,168,037. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $44.89 and a 12-month high of $55.57. The stock has a market cap of $4.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $54.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $52.65.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 11th were paid a $0.7839 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 11th.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 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.