iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) Short Interest Down 39.6% in May

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 28,677 shares, a decrease of 39.6% from the May 14th total of 47,481 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,300,847 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Stock Down 1.4%

ESGE opened at $55.12 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF has a 12 month low of $37.46 and a 12 month high of $56.80. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $52.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $48.35. The stock has a market cap of $7.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 0.75.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.4023 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGE. NBT Bank N A NY boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 1,654.5% during the 1st quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 772 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 728 shares during the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $39,000. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $42,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $46,000. Finally, Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 1,289 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 230 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap companies from emerging market economies. Stocks are selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics while maintaining similar investment risk\u002Freturn of the market. ESGE was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.