iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Sees Large Volume Increase – Time to Buy?

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) shares saw an uptick in trading volume on Friday . 2,630,456 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 148% from the previous session’s volume of 1,060,967 shares.The stock last traded at $52.18 and had previously closed at $52.12.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

The company has a 50 day moving average price of $54.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $54.54. The firm has a market cap of $4.40 billion, a PE ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be issued a $0.7673 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Harbor Advisory Corp MA purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the second quarter valued at $360,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter valued at about $100,000. Calamos Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.4% during the 2nd quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 791,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,066,000 after purchasing an additional 33,036 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the second quarter. Calamos Advisors LLC now owns 34,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,813,000 after buying an additional 518 shares during the period. Finally, Catalyst Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,647,000.

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.