Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC Lowers Stock Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC decreased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 2.5% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 79,912 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,034 shares during the period. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF accounts for about 1.3% of Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $10,812,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 35.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $57,000. Continuum Advisory LLC increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 34.4% in the first quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,000 after buying an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 45.7% during the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 596 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 28.5% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 604 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Up 0.0%

ESGU opened at $146.46 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $141.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $132.05. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 52-week low of $105.18 and a 52-week high of $147.17. The company has a market cap of $15.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid a dividend of $0.3655 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $1.46 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

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.