iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Sets New 1-Year High – Here’s Why

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $51.07 and last traded at $51.07, with a volume of 5108 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $50.32.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

The business’s fifty day moving average price is $48.55 and its 200-day moving average price is $47.16. The stock has a market cap of $2.30 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESML. Quent Long Short Global Small Cap Fund LP purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter worth $3,446,000. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $2,546,000. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,225,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,180,000 after acquiring an additional 25,258 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the third quarter valued at about $820,000. Finally, One Capital Management LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 115.4% in the fourth quarter. One Capital Management LLC now owns 30,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,394,000 after purchasing an additional 16,242 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.