4,543 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU Purchased by Retirement Planning Group LLC

Retirement Planning Group LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 4,543 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $758,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,803,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,952,023,000 after purchasing an additional 467,558 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,646,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,225,000 after purchasing an additional 54,889 shares in the last quarter. Atomic Invest LLC increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3,385.6% during the 2nd quarter. Atomic Invest LLC now owns 205,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,349,000 after purchasing an additional 199,343 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 7.1% in the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 129,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,190,000 after buying an additional 8,564 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 21.7% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 127,139 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,809,000 after buying an additional 22,684 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Up 0.6%

NASDAQ ESGU opened at $169.13 on Thursday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 12-month low of $136.82 and a 12-month high of $171.09. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $168.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $163.33. The stock has a market cap of $18.08 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 announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were given a $0.3813 dividend. This represents a $1.53 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.3431.

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.