Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. Makes New $631,000 Investment in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 12,100 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $631,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ACWX. German American Bancorp Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 1,536,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,939,000 after purchasing an additional 49,201 shares in the last quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 860,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,858,000 after buying an additional 51,590 shares during the last quarter. Tlwm increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Tlwm now owns 823,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,956,000 after buying an additional 8,443 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 791,861 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,310,000 after buying an additional 34,323 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 760,102 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,493,000 after acquiring an additional 14,857 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $54.41 on Monday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $49.78 and a one year high of $57.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $53.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $54.33.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.7673 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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.