iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) Reaches New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $163.17 and last traded at $162.73, with a volume of 49400 shares. The stock had previously closed at $161.91.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Up 0.6%

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $150.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $149.68. The company has a market cap of $17.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03.

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 given a $0.3698 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. GTS Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the first quarter worth about $859,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,803,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,952,023,000 after buying an additional 467,558 shares during the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 11.2% during the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 14,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,115,000 after purchasing an additional 1,511 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 29.8% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 10,391 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,469,000 after purchasing an additional 2,388 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 19.3% during the 1st quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 2,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $389,000 after purchasing an additional 445 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.