iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,270,000 shares, an increase of 29.8% from the September 15th total of 978,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 851,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Leo Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $1,047,000. City Holding Co. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1,126.5% in the second quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 19,685 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,046,000 after buying an additional 18,080 shares in the last quarter. Financial Counselors Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.7% in the second quarter. Financial Counselors Inc. now owns 10,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,000 after buying an additional 875 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 60.6% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,000 after buying an additional 641 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.1% in the second quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 11,177 shares of the company’s stock valued at $594,000 after buying an additional 337 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $56.71 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $55.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $54.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $44.89 and a 1 year high of $57.96.

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.