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

Posted by Defense World Staff on Mar 2nd, 2025

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Free Report) saw 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ACWX. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter worth $622,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter worth $207,000. Michels Family Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth $394,000. GTS Securities LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $1,337,000. Finally, 10Elms LLP acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $53,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $55.32 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $53.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $54.64. The firm has a market cap of $5.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.53 and a beta of 0.83. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12 month low of $49.84 and a 12 month high of $57.96.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a dividend of $0.7673 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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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.