Cetera Investment Advisers Sells 139,872 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)

Cetera Investment Advisers reduced its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 29.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 336,317 shares of the company’s stock after selling 139,872 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers owned about 0.32% of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF worth $40,129,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 15.4% in the second quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 5,291,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $633,274,000 after buying an additional 707,159 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the first quarter worth $47,807,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 12,700,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,332,586,000 after buying an additional 382,145 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 386.8% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 450,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,822,000 after buying an additional 358,182 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.3% in the first 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 last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of ESGU opened at $124.97 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $13.25 billion, a PE ratio of 25.85 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a fifty day moving average of $121.44 and a 200 day moving average of $118.01. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 52-week low of $89.69 and a 52-week 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. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 25th were paid a $0.4387 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 25th.

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.