iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Sets New 52-Week High at $53.74

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) shares hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $53.74 and last traded at $53.69, with a volume of 746899 shares. The stock had previously closed at $53.40.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $4.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.88. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $52.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.57.

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

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. SPC Financial Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.1% in the first quarter. SPC Financial Inc. now owns 61,502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,284,000 after purchasing an additional 2,415 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 10.3% in the first quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 74,707 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,988,000 after purchasing an additional 6,947 shares during the period. Financial Counselors Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 5.0% in the first quarter. Financial Counselors Inc. now owns 10,086 shares of the company’s stock valued at $538,000 after purchasing an additional 478 shares during the period. Haverford Trust Co lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 11.7% in the first quarter. Haverford Trust Co now owns 49,683 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,653,000 after purchasing an additional 5,212 shares during the period. Finally, St. Louis Trust Co lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. St. Louis Trust Co now owns 98,154 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,224,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the period.

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.