Motive Wealth Advisors Invests $713,000 in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Motive Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 4,789 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $713,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 24.5% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,260,765 shares of the company’s stock valued at $329,167,000 after acquiring an additional 444,833 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,489,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,964,029,000 after purchasing an additional 421,048 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 74.1% during the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 618,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,125,000 after purchasing an additional 263,387 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,067,000. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 100.1% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 363,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,940,000 after purchasing an additional 181,900 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $137.39 on Tuesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a one year low of $105.18 and a one year high of $152.31. The stock has a market cap of $14.45 billion, a PE ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $147.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $147.70.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were issued a $0.3698 dividend. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 17th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Company 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.