iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Reaches New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $52.73 and last traded at $52.60, with a volume of 5865 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $51.85.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $2.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a fifty day moving average of $49.64 and a 200 day moving average of $48.27.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 100.0% in the third quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 602 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 301 shares during the period. Operose Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 145.9% in the fourth quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 777 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 461 shares in the last quarter. Rossby Financial LCC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 242.9% in the 3rd quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 919 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 651 shares during the last quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% in the 1st quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after acquiring an additional 468 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Union Savings Bank acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $84,000.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.