iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX Shares Purchased by Calamos Wealth Management LLC

Calamos Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 7.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 959,548 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 62,648 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF comprises about 2.2% of Calamos Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. Calamos Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $62,380,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $250,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $102,000. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 137.3% during the first quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 315,392 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,488,000 after acquiring an additional 182,477 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.2% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,813 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,099,000 after purchasing an additional 1,498 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 485,398 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,915,000 after purchasing an additional 12,481 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.2%

NASDAQ ACWX opened at $67.43 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $66.43 and a 200-day simple moving average of $64.02. The stock has a market cap of $7.20 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a twelve month low of $48.99 and a twelve month high of $67.74.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a dividend of $1.0488 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 318.0%.

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.