4,816 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU Purchased by Leo Wealth LLC

Leo Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 4,816 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $803,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGU. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 21.7% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 127,139 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,809,000 after buying an additional 22,684 shares during the last quarter. Noble Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,205,000. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,646,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,225,000 after buying an additional 54,889 shares in the last quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $546,000. Finally, Citadel Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $3,715,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $167.55 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $18.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 1 year low of $136.82 and a 1 year high of $171.09. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $168.04 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $158.68.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a $0.3813 dividend. This represents a $1.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.3431. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF 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.