Valley National Advisers Inc. Boosts Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

Valley National Advisers Inc. lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,189 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 141 shares during the quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $373,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ESGD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.4% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,173,197 shares of the company’s stock worth $585,979,000 after acquiring an additional 905,045 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,656,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $462,040,000 after purchasing an additional 51,566 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% during the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,083,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $88,518,000 after purchasing an additional 67,642 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,016,204 shares of the company’s stock valued at $83,014,000 after buying an additional 29,954 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.1% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 700,271 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,205,000 after buying an additional 75,690 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ESGD stock opened at $94.91 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $91.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $87.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.44 billion, a PE ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.86. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $72.33 and a 52-week high of $95.13.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 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.