Brighton Jones LLC Grows Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 27.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,984 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 859 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $539,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 28.6% during the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 3,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $389,000 after buying an additional 709 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 6.1% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 50,552 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,163,000 after buying an additional 2,887 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 28.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 604 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 112.7% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 24,443 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,979,000 after buying an additional 12,949 shares during the period. Finally, Single Point Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.1% during the second quarter. Single Point Partners LLC now owns 2,683 shares of the company’s stock worth $363,000 after buying an additional 81 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

ESGU stock opened at $150.36 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $144.40 and its 200 day moving average price is $135.61. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $105.18 and a fifty-two week high of $150.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

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

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF 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.