Loudon Investment Management LLC Purchases 835 Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Loudon Investment Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 12.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 7,706 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 835 shares during the period. Loudon Investment Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $365,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in ACWX. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 7.7% in the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 161,842 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,608,000 after purchasing an additional 11,587 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12.6% in the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 47,628 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,239,000 after acquiring an additional 5,319 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 123.7% in the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 195,030 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,168,000 after acquiring an additional 107,839 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 283,475 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,326,000 after acquiring an additional 1,126 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 7.5% in the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 393,976 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,521,000 after acquiring an additional 27,504 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

ACWX stock traded up $0.89 on Thursday, reaching $52.92. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 976,815 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,319,678. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $52.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $50.40. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $44.89 and a 12-month high of $53.74. The firm has a market cap of $4.59 billion, a PE ratio of 13.49 and a beta of 0.82.

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.