iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Hits New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $74.92 and last traded at $74.84, with a volume of 1506536 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $74.09.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 1.0%

The company has a market cap of $9.18 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $70.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $66.95.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in ACWX. Simplex Trading LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Rossmore Private Capital purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the third quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Caitlin John LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the third quarter worth about $33,000.

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.