ARS Investment Partners LLC Boosts Stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

ARS Investment Partners LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 138.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 15,398 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,936 shares during the period. ARS Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $803,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Sage Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Sage Financial Group Inc. now owns 68,207 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,903,000 after buying an additional 231 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 21,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,126,000 after buying an additional 246 shares in the last quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC now owns 17,057 shares of the company’s stock worth $890,000 after buying an additional 248 shares in the last quarter. Mirador Capital Partners LP raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Mirador Capital Partners LP now owns 7,460 shares of the company’s stock worth $389,000 after buying an additional 270 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Maple Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Maple Capital Management Inc. now owns 11,776 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,000 after acquiring an additional 280 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

ACWX opened at $52.74 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $4.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $54.37. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $49.10 and a 1-year high of $57.96.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

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

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 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.