Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC Boosts Stock Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 5.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 5,405 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 258 shares during the quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $731,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Tortoise Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.9% in the 1st quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 1,705 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period. NewSquare Capital LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 13.1% in the 1st quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 822 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the period. Litman Gregory Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Litman Gregory Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,193 shares of the company’s stock valued at $389,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the period. Detalus Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. Detalus Advisors LLC now owns 5,132 shares of the company’s stock valued at $626,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the period. Finally, Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. now owns 11,714 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,428,000 after buying an additional 99 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Price Performance

ESGU opened at $146.46 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a 50-day moving average of $141.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $131.93. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 12 month low of $105.18 and a 12 month high of $147.17.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were issued a $0.3655 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $1.46 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%.

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.