iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Up 58.6% in February

Posted by Gary Stephens on Mar 4th, 2025

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,310,000 shares, a growth of 58.6% from the January 31st total of 826,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,407,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ ACWX opened at $55.45 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $53.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $54.65. The stock has a market cap of $5.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.53 and a beta of 0.83. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a twelve month low of $49.84 and a twelve month high of $57.96.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.7673 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

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

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Cim LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Cim LLC now owns 23,563 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,229,000 after purchasing an additional 309 shares during the period. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $622,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $207,000. Michels Family Financial LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $394,000. Finally, GTS Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $1,337,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

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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.