iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Shares Down 0.3% – What’s Next?

Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) dropped 0.3% on Thursday. The company traded as low as $52.35 and last traded at $52.74. 76,130 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 54% from the average session volume of 164,895 shares. The stock had previously closed at $52.90.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

The firm has a 50 day moving average of $54.57 and a 200-day moving average of $52.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ESML. Operose Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 145.9% in the fourth quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 777 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 461 shares during the last quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% during the first quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 468 shares during the last quarter. Union Savings Bank purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $84,000. Sherman Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 34.6% in the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,000 after purchasing an additional 851 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at about $201,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.