BLB&B Advisors LLC Acquires 1,806 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

BLB&B Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 52.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,245 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,806 shares during the quarter. BLB&B Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $468,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.4% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,173,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $585,979,000 after acquiring an additional 905,045 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,656,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $462,040,000 after buying an additional 51,566 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,191,836 shares of the company’s stock valued at $195,549,000 after buying an additional 406,940 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% in the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,083,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $88,518,000 after buying an additional 67,642 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.0% in the first quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,016,204 shares of the company’s stock valued at $83,014,000 after buying an additional 29,954 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of ESGD stock opened at $94.32 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.33 and a 1 year high of $95.63. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $92.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $89.46. The stock has a market cap of $10.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.85.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

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.