Blair William & Co. IL Purchases 161 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Blair William & Co. IL increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 12,266 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 161 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $1,660,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of ESGU. TIAA Trust National Association boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 5,840,805 shares of the company’s stock worth $712,052,000 after buying an additional 273,430 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,892,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,539,000 after purchasing an additional 238,134 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 6,824,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $831,993,000 after purchasing an additional 233,643 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 8.6% during the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,173,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $264,992,000 after purchasing an additional 171,405 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Acorns Advisers LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 2,400,608 shares of the company’s stock valued at $292,658,000 after purchasing an additional 88,833 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $144.68 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $14.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.02. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $105.18 and a one year high of $147.42. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $142.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $133.05.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 16th were given a dividend of $0.3655 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $1.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Company Profile

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.