Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Acquires 4,807 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 7.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 67,280 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,807 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $9,515,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ESGU. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,489,213 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,964,029,000 after buying an additional 421,048 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 10,288,654 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,532,804,000 after acquiring an additional 411,010 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 5,986,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $897,324,000 after acquiring an additional 47,266 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,591,308 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,053,000 after purchasing an additional 90,420 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acorns Advisers LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 2,565,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,256,000 after purchasing an additional 21,004 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF stock opened at $164.53 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $17.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $162.53 and its 200 day moving average is $153.60. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $134.82 and a one year high of $166.46.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.3431 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.37 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%.

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.