NewEdge Advisors LLC Buys 17,348 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 20.4% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 102,299 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 17,348 shares during the quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $10,517,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $787,000 after purchasing an additional 1,249 shares in the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter worth about $268,000. CW Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.0% during the second quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 3,260 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,000 after buying an additional 185 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 54.4% during the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,624 shares of the company’s stock worth $510,000 after buying an additional 1,982 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 32.8% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 210,077 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,743,000 after buying an additional 51,938 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.9%

ESGD stock opened at $105.66 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $105.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $102.15. The firm has a market cap of $12.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.79. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $90.48 and a 12 month high of $108.00.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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.