iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Stock Holdings Trimmed by Jennison Associates LLC

Jennison Associates LLC lowered its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 88.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 8,451 shares of the company’s stock after selling 62,916 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $451,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of ACWX. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth $50,000. Principal Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth $56,000. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 84.7% during the first quarter. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,000 after buying an additional 751 shares in the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 47.6% during the first quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,000 after buying an additional 563 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Venturi Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the first quarter valued at $138,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of ACWX stock opened at $54.70 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $53.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $52.38. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $44.89 and a 1-year high of $55.21. The company has a market capitalization of $4.64 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 announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 11th were paid a $0.7839 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 11th.

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.