Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. Acquires Shares of 147,500 iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 147,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,589,000. Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. owned approximately 0.14% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of ACWX. Bank of Montreal Can increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 87.8% in the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 249,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,247,000 after acquiring an additional 116,871 shares during the last quarter. Stonehaven Wealth & Tax Solutions LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 7.5% during the third quarter. Stonehaven Wealth & Tax Solutions LLC now owns 14,112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $917,000 after purchasing an additional 980 shares during the last quarter. PFG Advisors purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the third quarter valued at about $267,000. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 13,290 shares of the company’s stock worth $864,000 after purchasing an additional 380 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 9.7% in the 3rd quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 373,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,283,000 after purchasing an additional 33,096 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $70.09 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $8.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 52-week low of $48.99 and a 52-week high of $74.92. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $71.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $67.49.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

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

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.