Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. Takes $1.25 Million Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 18,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,255,000.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $250,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.2% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,813 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,099,000 after buying an additional 1,498 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,222,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,790,000 after buying an additional 23,283 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter worth about $1,467,000. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 41.6% during the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 61,462 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,746,000 after buying an additional 18,045 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 1.7%

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $75.15 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $59.67 and a 1 year high of $77.58. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $75.35 and a 200-day moving average of $72.17.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.8524 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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.