iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,850,000 shares, a decrease of 14.0% from the February 13th total of 2,150,000 shares. Currently, 1.7% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 864,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,904,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,533,476,000 after buying an additional 930,784 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 31.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 6,591,007 shares of the company’s stock worth $849,054,000 after purchasing an additional 1,589,941 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,988,225 shares of the company’s stock worth $384,943,000 after purchasing an additional 43,972 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 16.5% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,688,041 shares of the company’s stock worth $217,453,000 after purchasing an additional 239,232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 44.0% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 859,394 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,707,000 after purchasing an additional 262,391 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

ESGU opened at $123.11 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 12-month low of $108.40 and a 12-month high of $134.50. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $129.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $128.69. The company has a market cap of $13.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.3282 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

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.