Financial Gravity Companies Inc. Buys Shares of 5,305 iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Financial Gravity Companies Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 5,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $718,000.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in ESGU. TIAA Trust National Association grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 7.4% during the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 6,274,672 shares of the company’s stock worth $843,976,000 after buying an additional 433,867 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 6.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,892,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,539,000 after acquiring an additional 238,134 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% during 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 last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 7.8% in 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. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 449.9% in the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 134,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,184,000 after acquiring an additional 109,957 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Down 0.2%

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF stock opened at $146.89 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $146.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $138.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 52-week low of $105.18 and a 52-week high of $150.93.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed 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. This represents a $1.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th.

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.