Cerity Partners LLC Increases Stock Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Cerity Partners LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 24.4% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 87,477 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,166 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $11,894,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of ESGU. StoneX Group Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 24.6% during the second quarter. StoneX Group Inc. now owns 8,457 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,144,000 after buying an additional 1,670 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $2,001,000. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $203,000. Brown Advisory Inc. acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $520,000. Finally, North Berkeley Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $520,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $150.46 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $105.18 and a one year high of $150.93. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $147.49 and a 200 day simple moving average of $141.01.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.