Brookstone Capital Management Sells 998 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD)

Brookstone Capital Management cut its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 4.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,548 shares of the company’s stock after selling 998 shares during the quarter. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,802,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.2% in the third quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 12,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $890,000 after buying an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 76.5% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 275,609 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,053,000 after purchasing an additional 119,472 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.1% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 101,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,034,000 after purchasing an additional 3,070 shares during the last quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 35.1% in the third quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 1,617 shares of the company’s stock valued at $112,000 after purchasing an additional 420 shares during the period. Finally, Morningstar Investment Services LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at about $234,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ESGD stock opened at $78.78 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $65.74 and a 52 week high of $82.40. The company has a market capitalization of $8.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.45 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $79.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $77.71.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 11th were issued a dividend of $1.4567 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 11th.

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.