iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,980,000 shares, a growth of 15.5% from the December 15th total of 8,640,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,713,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Stock Up 0.0 %

NASDAQ ACWI opened at $118.59 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a twelve month low of $99.26 and a twelve month high of $123.58. The business’s fifty day moving average is $119.88 and its 200 day moving average is $117.35. The company has a market cap of $19.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.74 and a beta of 0.93.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a dividend of $1.0662 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ACWI. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 2.3% during the third quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,265,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $151,307,000 after acquiring an additional 29,008 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 12.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 926,523 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,766,000 after buying an additional 105,951 shares during the period. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 16,345.4% in the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 916,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,529,000 after buying an additional 910,603 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 892,006 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,639,000 after buying an additional 51,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimension Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 1.8% in the second quarter. Dimension Capital Management LLC now owns 881,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $99,059,000 after buying an additional 15,656 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.