Greenspring Advisors LLC Invests $661,000 in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Greenspring Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 4,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $661,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 64.9% during the 4th quarter. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. now owns 282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Moment Partners LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Moment Partners LLC now owns 24,948 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,717,000 after purchasing an additional 1,790 shares during the last quarter. Vantus Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $271,000. Old Peak Finance LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $602,000. Finally, One Capital Management LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 217.7% during the 4th quarter. One Capital Management LLC now owns 40,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,088,000 after purchasing an additional 28,003 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of ESGU opened at $165.73 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 52 week low of $129.39 and a 52 week high of $166.46. The company has a market capitalization of $17.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $154.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $150.82.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were issued a dividend of $0.3698 per share. 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%.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF 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.