iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) Short Interest Update

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:HAWX) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 37,164 shares, a growth of 184.6% from the January 15th total of 13,060 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 36,551 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 36,551 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of HAWX. Nova Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 559.1% during the 4th quarter. Nova Wealth Management Inc. now owns 13,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $552,000 after acquiring an additional 11,869 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 31.0% during the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 460 shares during the period. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP grew its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 6.1% in the third quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 421,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,928,000 after purchasing an additional 24,155 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 15.2% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 217,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,693,000 after purchasing an additional 28,659 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC increased its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 225.0% in the 2nd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 65,146 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,303,000 after buying an additional 45,103 shares during the period.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

HAWX traded down $0.54 during trading on Thursday, reaching $42.30. 3,162 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 33,373. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $29.41 and a 12-month high of $42.87. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $40.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of $38.74. The company has a market cap of $323.18 million, a P/E ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.53.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (HAWX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of global large- and mid-cap stocks outside the US, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HAWX was launched on Jun 29, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.