Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT Grows Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 159.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 38,909 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,909 shares during the quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $2,664,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ACWX. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,636,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,427,000 after acquiring an additional 284,654 shares during the period. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the first quarter valued at about $376,668,000. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,336,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,252,000 after purchasing an additional 34,953 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 2,761,518 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,381,000 after purchasing an additional 79,121 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $74.10 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $75.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $72.86. The company has a market capitalization of $11.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 52 week low of $59.67 and a 52 week high of $77.58.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

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.