Short Interest in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Grows By 159.2%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,370,000 shares, a growth of 159.2% from the February 28th total of 1,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,537,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 3.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. SageView Advisory Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 12,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $657,000 after buying an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 12,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $665,000 after acquiring an additional 186 shares during the period. VERITY Wealth Advisors raised its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors now owns 55,903 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,916,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares in the last quarter. Leo Wealth LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Leo Wealth LLC now owns 18,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $960,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the period. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 11.6% during the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 2,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $120,000 after purchasing an additional 237 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ACWX stock opened at $56.50 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.14 billion, a PE ratio of 16.79 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $49.84 and a 1 year high of $57.96. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $55.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $54.83.

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.