Bank of New York Mellon Corp Grows Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)

Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU – Get Rating) by 2.4% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,601,275 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 37,131 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $127,158,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Pensionmark Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 8.5% in the 2nd quarter. Pensionmark Financial Group LLC now owns 42,867 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,969,000 after acquiring an additional 3,369 shares during the period. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. now owns 42,099 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,343,000 after acquiring an additional 1,587 shares during the period. Horizons Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $400,000. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,755,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $147,262,000 after acquiring an additional 100,778 shares during the period. Finally, Copperleaf Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Copperleaf Capital LLC now owns 74,256 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,230,000 after acquiring an additional 1,524 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of ESGU opened at $86.54 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.28 and a fifty-two week high of $103.76. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $88.84 and its 200 day moving average price is $86.63. The company has a market cap of $19.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.83 and a beta of 1.01.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Company Profile

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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.