Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Acquires 12,389 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 53.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 35,404 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,389 shares during the period. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $5,275,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in ESGU. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of 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 worth $1,964,029,000 after purchasing an additional 421,048 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.2% during the fourth 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. Citigroup Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 74.1% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 618,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,125,000 after acquiring an additional 263,387 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the third quarter valued at $27,067,000. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 100.1% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 363,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,940,000 after acquiring an additional 181,900 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Down 0.2%

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $161.24 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 1-year low of $129.39 and a 1-year high of $166.46. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $156.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $151.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were paid a dividend of $0.3698 per share. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 17th.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

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.