Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Acquires 80,046 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 9.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 907,475 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 80,046 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $110,630,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Continuum Advisory LLC increased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 34.4% in the first quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 45.7% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 596 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 28.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 604 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the period. FSC Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the first quarter worth $83,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the first quarter worth $91,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Up 1.6%

NASDAQ ESGU opened at $141.08 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $136.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $128.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.02. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 52 week low of $105.18 and a 52 week high of $141.35.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a dividend of $0.3229 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $1.29 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%.

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.