JPMorgan Chase & Co. Has $1.53 Billion Stock Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 4.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,288,654 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 411,010 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned about 9.78% of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF worth $1,532,804,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of ESGU. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,489,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,964,029,000 after purchasing an additional 421,048 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 74.1% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 618,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,125,000 after purchasing an additional 263,387 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter worth $27,067,000. National Bank of Canada FI grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 100.1% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 363,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,940,000 after purchasing an additional 181,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 6.8% in the third quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,500,888 shares of the company’s stock worth $364,129,000 after purchasing an additional 158,474 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Up 0.3%

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $161.60 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $155.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $151.05. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 12 month low of $129.39 and a 12 month high of $166.46.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were issued a $0.3698 dividend. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 17th.

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.