iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Hits New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $78.68 and last traded at $78.68, with a volume of 24377 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $77.90.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average of $75.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of $73.97. The stock has a market cap of $11.86 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.8524 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

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

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,636,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,427,000 after acquiring an additional 284,654 shares in the last quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $376,668,000. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,336,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $358,252,000 after purchasing an additional 34,953 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,864.9% in the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,400,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $161,115,000 after purchasing an additional 2,319,101 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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.