iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU Shares Acquired by Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC

Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 26.0% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 364,000 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 75,200 shares during the period. Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $52,998,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGU. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $215,000. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,489,213 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,964,029,000 after acquiring an additional 421,048 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter valued at about $27,067,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.7% in the third quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 174,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,476,000 after purchasing an additional 2,869 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 340,817 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,657,000 after purchasing an additional 11,065 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Down 0.6%

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF stock opened at $143.74 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $149.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $147.63. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 12-month low of $105.18 and a 12-month high of $152.31. The stock has a market cap of $15.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a $0.4554 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a $1.82 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%.

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.