iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Sets New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $56.22 and last traded at $56.21, with a volume of 27573 shares. The stock had previously closed at $55.85.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of $2.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $54.52 and its 200 day moving average is $51.47.

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

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Operose Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 145.9% during the fourth quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 777 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 461 shares during the period. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP increased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% during the 1st 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. Union Savings Bank acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth $84,000. Sherman Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 80.3% in the fourth quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,456 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after acquiring an additional 1,094 shares during the period. Finally, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 69.8% in the fourth quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 2,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $133,000 after acquiring an additional 1,188 shares in the last quarter.

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.