iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Up 47.4% in April

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,990,000 shares, a growth of 47.4% from the March 31st total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,216,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $52.53 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $44.89 and a 12-month high of $53.74. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $52.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $50.27. The company has a market capitalization of $4.56 billion, a PE ratio of 13.49 and a beta of 0.82.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Baystate Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 15.3% during the 4th quarter. Baystate Wealth Management LLC now owns 62,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,182,000 after buying an additional 8,294 shares during the last quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 1,591,823 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,247,000 after buying an additional 51,733 shares during the last quarter. First Hawaiian Bank grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. First Hawaiian Bank now owns 66,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,377,000 after buying an additional 900 shares during the last quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 84.0% during the 4th quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 64,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,275,000 after buying an additional 29,291 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 717,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,728,000 after buying an additional 83,832 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

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.