Brown Advisory Inc. Grows Stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 29.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 138,518 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,337 shares during the quarter. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $8,441,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. CW Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $1,346,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 26,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,627,000 after acquiring an additional 913 shares in the last quarter. M.D. Sass LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.8% during the second quarter. M.D. Sass LLC now owns 62,260 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,794,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Martin & Co. Inc. TN lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.1% in the second quarter. Martin & Co. Inc. TN now owns 117,225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,144,000 after purchasing an additional 1,256 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.1% in the second quarter. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC now owns 9,381 shares of the company’s stock valued at $572,000 after purchasing an additional 197 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

Shares of ACWX opened at $66.75 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $48.99 and a 1-year high of $67.50. The stock has a market cap of $7.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $66.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $63.26.

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.