Acorns Advisers LLC Buys 88,833 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Acorns Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 3.8% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,400,608 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 88,833 shares during the period. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF makes up approximately 2.8% of Acorns Advisers LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Acorns Advisers LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $292,658,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGU. Tortoise Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.9% in the first quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 1,705 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the period. NewSquare Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 13.1% in the first quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 822 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the period. Litman Gregory Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.1% in the first quarter. Litman Gregory Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,193 shares of the company’s stock valued at $389,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the period. Detalus Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.9% in the first quarter. Detalus Advisors LLC now owns 5,132 shares of the company’s stock valued at $626,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares during the period. Finally, Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.9% in the first quarter. Sensible Financial Planning & Management LLC. now owns 11,714 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,428,000 after acquiring an additional 99 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF stock opened at $142.13 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $105.18 and a one year high of $142.39. The business has a fifty day moving average of $138.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $129.58. The company has a market cap of $14.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a dividend of $0.3229 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th. This represents a $1.29 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%.

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.