B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Reduces Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. lowered its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 63.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,053 shares of the company’s stock after selling 55,521 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $3,825,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. TIAA Trust National Association raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 15.4% in the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 5,291,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $633,274,000 after acquiring an additional 707,159 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the first quarter worth about $47,807,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 12,700,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,332,586,000 after purchasing an additional 382,145 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 386.8% during the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 450,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,822,000 after purchasing an additional 358,182 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.3% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,029,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,268,001,000 after buying an additional 355,054 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

ESGU opened at $126.18 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $121.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $117.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.38 billion, a PE ratio of 25.85 and a beta of 1.02. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 12-month low of $89.69 and a 12-month high of $126.33.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 25th were given a dividend of $0.4387 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 25th.

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.