Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 160,705 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,208 shares during the quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. owned about 0.18% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $7,910,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ACWX. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 33,717.1% during the fourth quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 142,723,121 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,493,902,000 after purchasing an additional 142,301,077 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 3,073,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $122,975,000 after buying an additional 24,046 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 181.2% during the second quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 3,069,185 shares of the company’s stock worth $151,065,000 after acquiring an additional 1,977,558 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,005,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $146,602,000 after acquiring an additional 32,797 shares during the period. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 48.1% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,920,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $152,637,000 after purchasing an additional 948,308 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Up 0.9 %

NASDAQ:ACWX traded up $0.46 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $48.96. 1,330,772 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,485,335. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $44.85 and a 1-year high of $51.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a 50-day moving average of $47.08 and a 200 day moving average of $48.46.

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.