Creative Planning Raises Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Creative Planning lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 307,309 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,817 shares during the period. Creative Planning’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $41,579,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of ESGU. Ameriflex Group Inc. increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 35.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 125.3% during the second quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 338 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 188 shares during the last quarter. Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $57,000. PrairieView Partners LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 16.8% in the 2nd quarter. PrairieView Partners LLC now owns 534 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 77 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clearstead Trust LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 137.1% in the 2nd quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 659 shares of the company’s stock worth $89,000 after acquiring an additional 381 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF stock opened at $146.89 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $146.23 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $138.27. The company has a market cap of $15.03 billion, a PE ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $105.18 and a fifty-two week high of $150.93.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

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

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

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.