iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) shares reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $145.94 and last traded at $145.03, with a volume of 430438 shares. The stock had previously closed at $145.86.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Down 0.6%

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $140.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $130.70. The firm has a market cap of $14.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid 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 dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 16th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ESGU. Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 63.0% during the second quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 269 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 35.1% during the second quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC boosted its position 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 purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the second quarter valued at $57,000. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 34.4% during the first quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,000 after buying an additional 148 shares during the last quarter.

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.