iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 1,571.1% in September

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,388,447 shares, a growth of 1,571.1% from the September 15th total of 322,447 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,950,096 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ACWX. Mirador Capital Partners LP boosted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mirador Capital Partners LP now owns 17,392 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,315,000 after purchasing an additional 255 shares during the last quarter. Balefire LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 103.4% during the third quarter. Balefire LLC now owns 71,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,389,000 after purchasing an additional 36,225 shares in the last quarter. DKM Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 6.0% during the third quarter. DKM Wealth Management Inc. now owns 26,546 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,007,000 after purchasing an additional 1,511 shares in the last quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the third quarter valued at $1,505,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.2% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $365,000 after buying an additional 151 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $75.48 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $17.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $63.92 and a fifty-two week high of $78.78. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $76.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $75.02.

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.