iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX Stock Position Lifted by Sandbox Financial Partners LLC

Sandbox Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 11.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 101,925 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,371 shares during the period. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF makes up approximately 1.9% of Sandbox Financial Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Sandbox Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $6,626,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Merit Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 52.5% in the second quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 2,611,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,148,000 after purchasing an additional 898,849 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 36.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,459,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,939,000 after buying an additional 390,483 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4,711.1% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,421,254 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,809,000 after acquiring an additional 1,391,713 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,222,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,790,000 after acquiring an additional 23,283 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 27.6% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,198,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,482,000 after acquiring an additional 259,317 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ ACWX opened at $67.49 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12 month low of $48.99 and a 12 month high of $67.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.21 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $66.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is $63.91.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a dividend of $1.0488 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 318.0%.

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.