CENTRAL TRUST Co Decreases Position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

CENTRAL TRUST Co lowered its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 7.7% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 60,515 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,036 shares during the quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $5,786,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $787,000 after acquiring an additional 1,249 shares in the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $268,000. CW Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.0% in the second quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 3,260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $291,000 after purchasing an additional 185 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 19.6% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 80,269 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,162,000 after purchasing an additional 13,136 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 54.4% in the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,624 shares of the company’s stock valued at $510,000 after purchasing an additional 1,982 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of NASDAQ ESGD opened at $101.33 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $86.48 and a fifty-two week high of $104.81. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $102.07 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $99.47. The firm has a market cap of $11.31 billion, a PE ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.79.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $1.6286 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of developed market international companies that have been selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics. ESGD was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.