iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Shares Bought by ARS Investment Partners LLC

ARS Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 138.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 15,398 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,936 shares during the quarter. ARS Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $803,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. German American Bancorp Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 1,536,863 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,939,000 after acquiring an additional 49,201 shares in the last quarter. Tlwm raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Tlwm now owns 823,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,956,000 after buying an additional 8,443 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 791,861 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,310,000 after buying an additional 34,323 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 760,102 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,493,000 after buying an additional 14,857 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Winthrop Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 117.2% in the 4th quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 757,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,517,000 after buying an additional 408,828 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

ACWX opened at $52.74 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $49.10 and a one year high of $57.96. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $53.30 and its 200-day moving average is $54.37. The company has a market capitalization of $4.87 billion, a PE ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.7673 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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.