iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Up 48.9% in January

Posted by Jared Coughlin on Feb 14th, 2025

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 826,200 shares, an increase of 48.9% from the January 15th total of 554,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,356,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

ACWX opened at $55.78 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $49.84 and a 1 year high of $57.96. The company has a market capitalization of $5.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $53.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $54.36.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a $0.7673 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. ORG Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Comprehensive Financial Planning Inc. PA purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Assetmark Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $39,000. CoreFirst Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $51,000. Finally, Reston Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $69,000.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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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.