iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) Sets New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $107.92 and last traded at $107.76, with a volume of 50113 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $107.14.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $12.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.79. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $103.31 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $101.31.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $1.6286 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,086,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $768,987,000 after acquiring an additional 237,327 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,709,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $447,867,000 after purchasing an additional 22,635 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,392,541 shares of the company’s stock valued at $417,687,000 after purchasing an additional 124,982 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.7% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,763,187 shares of the company’s stock valued at $167,662,000 after purchasing an additional 78,724 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acorns Advisers LLC raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 1,592,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $151,474,000 after purchasing an additional 39,650 shares during the period.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of developed market international companies that have been selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics. ESGD was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.