Valley National Advisers Inc. Makes New $555,000 Investment in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Valley National Advisers Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 3,729 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $555,000.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $34,000. Caitlin John LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter valued at about $36,000. United Financial Planning Group LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter worth about $39,000. Addison Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter worth about $60,000. Finally, Centerpoint Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 20.4% during the third quarter. Centerpoint Advisors LLC now owns 437 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after buying an additional 74 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $148.91 on Tuesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $110.69 and a fifty-two week high of $152.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $146.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $147.72.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th were given a dividend of $0.3698 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF 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.