Osaic Holdings Inc. Grows Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 48.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 54,893 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,012 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,901,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,191,836 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,549,000 after acquiring an additional 406,940 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,499,593 shares of the company’s stock worth $669,114,000 after purchasing an additional 326,396 shares during the last quarter. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $20,481,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 19.8% in the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 744,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,459,000 after purchasing an additional 123,278 shares during the period. Finally, AlTi Global Inc. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 64.8% during the 2nd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 256,534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,888,000 after buying an additional 100,881 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ ESGD opened at $95.39 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.85. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $72.33 and a 1-year high of $96.69. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $94.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $91.77.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $1.7947 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 381.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of developed market international companies that have been selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics. ESGD was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.