iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Stock Position Decreased by Claro Advisors LLC

Claro Advisors LLC decreased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 26.4% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 20,015 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,164 shares during the quarter. Claro Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $1,069,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.8% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,692,592 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,599,000 after purchasing an additional 212,969 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 20.3% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,658,443 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,973,000 after purchasing an additional 448,450 shares during the last quarter. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 46.9% during the fourth quarter. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. now owns 1,705,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,033,000 after purchasing an additional 544,500 shares during the period. New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 1,591,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,247,000 after purchasing an additional 51,733 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 15.6% in the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,060,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,141,000 after purchasing an additional 142,821 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $53.21 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $53.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $52.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $44.89 and a 1-year high of $55.21.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

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

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.