iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Up 48.9% in January

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 826,200 shares, an increase of 48.9% from the January 15th total of 554,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,356,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days.

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

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Creative Planning grew its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 135,781 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,769,000 after purchasing an additional 2,547 shares during the period. SPC Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. SPC Financial Inc. now owns 66,437 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,802,000 after buying an additional 2,622 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 95.1% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 10,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $627,000 after buying an additional 5,343 shares during the last quarter. Madrona Financial Services LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 78.8% during the third quarter. Madrona Financial Services LLC now owns 17,421 shares of the company’s stock worth $997,000 after acquiring an additional 7,675 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 176,179 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,081,000 after acquiring an additional 5,091 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ ACWX opened at $55.78 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.08 billion, a PE ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $53.39 and a 200 day simple moving average of $54.36. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a twelve month low of $49.84 and a twelve month high of $57.96.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $0.7673 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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.