Bell Investment Advisors Inc Increases Stock Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)

Bell Investment Advisors Inc boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 4.9% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 6,940 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 324 shares during the quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $894,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 2.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 10,973,235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,384,603,000 after acquiring an additional 249,351 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,448,809 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,811,000 after buying an additional 6,472 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 15.5% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 597,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,330,000 after buying an additional 80,162 shares during the last quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co now owns 522,016 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,868,000 after buying an additional 22,561 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 315,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,833,000 after buying an additional 2,380 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $125.60 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $130.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $128.82. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $108.40 and a one year high of $134.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.09 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a $0.408 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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.