Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC Has $279,000 Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 8.9% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,063 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 169 shares during the quarter. Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $279,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in ESGU. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 6,824,650 shares of the company’s stock worth $831,993,000 after acquiring an additional 233,643 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.9% during the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 5,840,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $712,052,000 after purchasing an additional 273,430 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 6.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,892,537 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,539,000 after buying an additional 238,134 shares during the last quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.8% in the first quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 2,400,608 shares of the company’s stock valued at $292,658,000 after buying an additional 88,833 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,342,414 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,929,000 after acquiring an additional 168,744 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ ESGU opened at $148.92 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 52 week low of $105.18 and a 52 week high of $150.93. The company has a market cap of $15.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $144.60 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $135.70.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were given a dividend of $0.3655 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $1.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index composed of US companies that are selected and weighted for positive environmental, social and governance characteristics. ESGU was launched on Dec 1, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.