Principal Financial Group Inc. Takes $8.56 Million Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 92,010 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,555,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,499,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $669,114,000 after buying an additional 326,396 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.8% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,191,836 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,549,000 after acquiring an additional 406,940 shares during the period. Acorns Advisers LLC increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 1,516,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,270,000 after purchasing an additional 59,480 shares in the last quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.6% in the 3rd quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. now owns 1,331,282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,783,000 after purchasing an additional 70,258 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.3% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,119,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,844,000 after purchasing an additional 35,487 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

ESGD opened at $102.98 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $11.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.85. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $72.33 and a one year high of $104.15. The business’s fifty day moving average is $97.88 and its two-hundred day moving average is $94.40.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a $1.7947 dividend. This represents a yield of 381.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.