iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,690,000 shares, a growth of 56.4% from the October 15th total of 1,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 456,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. High Falls Advisors Inc raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% during the third quarter. High Falls Advisors Inc now owns 26,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,368,000 after buying an additional 904 shares in the last quarter. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 12.7% during the third quarter. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC now owns 2,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,000 after buying an additional 235 shares in the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 315,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,833,000 after buying an additional 2,380 shares in the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $1,318,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 7.1% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 62,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,917,000 after buying an additional 4,185 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $128.90 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $98.42 and a one year high of $132.12. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $126.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $121.25. The stock has a market cap of $13.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.85 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 25th were paid a dividend of $0.4387 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 25th.

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.