iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Shares Sold by Factory Mutual Insurance Co.

Factory Mutual Insurance Co. reduced its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 92.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 90,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,070,700 shares during the quarter. Factory Mutual Insurance Co.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $4,694,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. German American Bancorp Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.3% during the third quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 1,536,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,939,000 after purchasing an additional 49,201 shares during the last quarter. Tlwm increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Tlwm now owns 823,546 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,956,000 after acquiring an additional 8,443 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.5% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 791,861 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,310,000 after acquiring an additional 34,323 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 760,102 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,493,000 after acquiring an additional 14,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Winthrop Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 117.2% in the fourth quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 757,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,517,000 after purchasing an additional 408,828 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ ACWX opened at $53.98 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $54.34. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $49.78 and a one year high of $57.96. The firm has a market cap of $4.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

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

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.