German American Bancorp Inc. Raises Stock Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

German American Bancorp Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,619,716 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 49,962 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF makes up 9.3% of German American Bancorp Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. German American Bancorp Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $105,298,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. Invera Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Invera Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $282,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. O Connor Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.7% during the third quarter. O Connor Financial Group LLC now owns 6,876 shares of the company’s stock worth $447,000 after buying an additional 181 shares during the last quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.0% in the second quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC now owns 6,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $409,000 after buying an additional 195 shares in the last quarter. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC lifted its stake 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 buying an additional 197 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IMA Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.4% during the second quarter. IMA Advisory Services Inc. now owns 14,205 shares of the company’s stock valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $72.05 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $48.99 and a one year high of $72.33. The company has a market cap of $8.83 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $68.58 and a 200-day moving average of $65.84.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a $1.0488 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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.