iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Sets New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $55.41 and last traded at $55.41, with a volume of 4712 shares. The stock had previously closed at $54.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 1.5%

The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $52.36 and its 200-day moving average price is $49.61. The company has a market capitalization of $2.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Blue Edge Capital LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 23,172 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,090,000 after purchasing an additional 249 shares during the period. Aureus Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the first quarter worth $367,000. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 78.8% during the first quarter. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. now owns 99,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,656,000 after purchasing an additional 43,642 shares during the period. Sherman Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 34.6% in the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,000 after purchasing an additional 851 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at about $1,445,000.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.