Wedmont Private Capital Buys New Stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

Wedmont Private Capital purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 7,652 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $791,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of ESGD. Clearstead Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.1% in the 4th quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 1,511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $144,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Gould Capital LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Gould Capital LLC now owns 1,857 shares of the company’s stock valued at $177,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.9% in the first quarter. Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC now owns 3,510 shares of the company’s stock valued at $336,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Farrell Financial LLC raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% during the second quarter. Farrell Financial LLC now owns 6,610 shares of the company’s stock worth $680,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Haverford Trust Co lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Haverford Trust Co now owns 25,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,466,000 after buying an additional 105 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $105.57 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $105.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $102.12. The stock has a market cap of $12.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.79. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $90.48 and a 12-month high of $108.00.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a semiannual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $1.6286 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This represents a yield of 317.0%.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of developed market international companies that have been selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics. ESGD was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.