Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Sells 579,799 Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 40.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 867,883 shares of the company’s stock after selling 579,799 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $44,297,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $50,000. Principal Securities Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $56,000. WCM Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $153,000. Franklin Parlapiano Turner & Welch LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $201,000. Finally, Berger Financial Group Inc bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $203,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

ACWX opened at $53.20 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $4.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $52.01. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.89 and a fifty-two week high of $55.21.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

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

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.