HB Wealth Management LLC Has $3.67 Million Stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

HB Wealth Management LLC reduced its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 15.5% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 25,210 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,614 shares during the quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $3,671,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $419,000. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the first quarter worth $824,000. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the first quarter worth $5,173,000. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its position in 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 valued at $6,163,000 after purchasing an additional 2,887 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 112.7% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 24,443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,979,000 after purchasing an additional 12,949 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Price Performance

Shares of ESGU stock opened at $151.44 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $105.18 and a fifty-two week high of $151.70. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $148.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $143.92. The firm has a market cap of $15.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a $0.4554 dividend. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. This represents a $1.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th.

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.