Polen Capital Management LLC Increases Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Polen Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 105.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 126,761 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 65,149 shares during the quarter. Polen Capital Management LLC owned about 0.10% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $8,509,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Archer Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Archer Investment Management LLC now owns 3,801 shares of the company’s stock valued at $255,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. Cim LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Cim LLC now owns 26,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,694,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 18,990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,275,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the period. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 11,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $764,000 after purchasing an additional 171 shares during the period. Finally, Eagle Strategies LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Eagle Strategies LLC now owns 6,218 shares of the company’s stock valued at $417,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 3.4%

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $76.14 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12 month low of $58.47 and a 12 month high of $77.58. The firm has a market cap of $11.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. The company’s 50 day moving average is $73.96 and its 200-day moving average is $70.98.

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.