WealthPlan Investment Management LLC lessened its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU – Free Report) by 12.5% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 22,531 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,213 shares during the quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $3,758,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. ASL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. ASL Financial LLC now owns 3,197 shares of the company’s stock worth $533,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $835,000. West Wealth Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.7% in the third quarter. West Wealth Group LLC now owns 9,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,579,000 after acquiring an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $1,311,000. Finally, Weil Company Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $3,901,000.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ ESGU traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $168.30. 140,158 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 489,480. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $136.82 and a fifty-two week high of $171.09. The firm has a market cap of $18.02 billion, a PE ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $168.26 and a 200-day simple moving average of $162.35.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.3813 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.3431. This represents a $1.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a 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.
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