iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Trading Up 0.6% – Should You Buy?

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML)’s stock price were up 0.6% on Thursday . The company traded as high as $55.08 and last traded at $55.07. Approximately 87,582 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 49% from the average session volume of 171,340 shares. The stock had previously closed at $54.72.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.6%

The company has a market cap of $2.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $54.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $52.09.

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

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 60,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,792,000 after purchasing an additional 236 shares during the period. Blue Edge Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% in the first quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 23,172 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,090,000 after purchasing an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Operose Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 41.7% in the second quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 324 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,915 shares of the company’s stock worth $364,000 after buying an additional 341 shares during the period. Finally, Your Advocates Ltd. LLP boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% in the first quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 468 shares during the period.

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.