Vise Technologies Inc. Buys 17,890 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF $ESGU

Vise Technologies Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) by 55.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 50,112 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,890 shares during the quarter. Vise Technologies Inc.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF were worth $8,359,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of ESGU. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,803,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,952,023,000 after purchasing an additional 467,558 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 2.1% in 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 during the period. Brookstone Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the third quarter worth about $47,018,000. IMPACTfolio LLC grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.5% during the third quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 263,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,996,000 after buying an additional 3,918 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the third quarter worth about $34,151,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

ESGU stock opened at $165.22 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $167.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $159.09. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $136.82 and a fifty-two week high of $171.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

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

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Company 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.