Field & Main Bank Buys New Shares in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF $ESGE

Field & Main Bank purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 174,078 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,812,000. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF accounts for 2.7% of Field & Main Bank’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $12,881,000. DRW Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $8,495,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 29,494.2% during the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 71,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,805,000 after buying an additional 71,376 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 60.4% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 144,636 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,577,000 after buying an additional 54,488 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Centennial Bank AR increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 96.7% during the first quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 79,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,610,000 after acquiring an additional 39,025 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of ESGE opened at $54.01 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $52.80 and its 200 day moving average price is $51.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 0.76. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF has a 12-month low of $40.07 and a 12-month high of $57.11.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.4023 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap companies from emerging market economies. Stocks are selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics while maintaining similar investment risk\u002Freturn of the market. ESGE was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.