Brighton Jones LLC Buys Shares of 2,532 iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)

Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 2,532 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $266,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. SVB Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. SVB Wealth LLC now owns 7,808 shares of the company’s stock valued at $733,000 after acquiring an additional 347 shares during the last quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 2.4% in the third quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 9,790 shares of the company’s stock valued at $919,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. BLB&B Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 20.8% during the third quarter. BLB&B Advisors LLC now owns 8,273 shares of the company’s stock valued at $777,000 after purchasing an additional 1,426 shares in the last quarter. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 13.8% during the third quarter. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC now owns 49,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,602,000 after purchasing an additional 5,928 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Trust Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 16.8% in the third quarter. Cambridge Trust Co. now owns 24,042 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,258,000 after buying an additional 3,458 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ESGU opened at $112.40 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $112.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $105.90. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 1 year low of $88.86 and a 1 year high of $115.29. The firm has a market cap of $12.41 billion, a PE ratio of 25.00 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.3842 per share. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

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.