Partners Capital Investment Group LLP Cuts Stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

Partners Capital Investment Group LLP lowered its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 6.6% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 225,418 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,987 shares during the period. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $18,414,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ESGD. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.0% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,604,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $426,723,000 after acquiring an additional 973,276 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.4% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,173,197 shares of the company’s stock worth $585,979,000 after purchasing an additional 905,045 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 363.0% in the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 624,581 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,556,000 after purchasing an additional 489,683 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,710,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $739,386,000 after purchasing an additional 230,639 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 72.6% during the first quarter. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. now owns 297,849 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,331,000 after purchasing an additional 125,236 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ESGD opened at $91.75 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $88.94 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $85.30. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.33 and a 1 year high of $91.85.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 16th were issued a dividend of $1.6311 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF’s previous dividend of $1.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of developed market international companies that have been selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics. ESGD was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.