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

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 252,414 shares, a decrease of 38.3% from the May 14th total of 409,206 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,791,457 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

ACWX stock opened at $76.46 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $74.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $71.06. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.47 and a fifty-two week high of $77.58. The company has a market cap of $11.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $376,668,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,484,000 after buying an additional 2,873,647 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,864.9% during the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,400,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $161,115,000 after buying an additional 2,319,101 shares during the period. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 10,101.6% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 1,294,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,899,000 after buying an additional 1,281,794 shares during the period. Finally, Koss Olinger Consulting LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $81,777,000.

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.