iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 366,767 shares, a decline of 36.2% from the April 30th total of 575,146 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 280,489 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ ESGD opened at $103.22 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $85.48 and a 12 month high of $104.81. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $99.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $98.46. The company has a market capitalization of $11.52 billion, a PE ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.79.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Verus Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 17.5% during the first quarter. Verus Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,886 shares of the company’s stock worth $372,000 after buying an additional 579 shares during the last quarter. Cadia Private Client LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.3% during the first quarter. Cadia Private Client LLC now owns 4,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. FinArc Investments Inc. bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF during the first quarter worth about $18,027,000. Sonoma Allocations LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 17.1% during the first quarter. Sonoma Allocations LLC now owns 7,821 shares of the company’s stock worth $757,000 after buying an additional 1,143 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 54.4% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 5,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $523,000 after buying an additional 1,928 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

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.