Rock Creek Group LP Invests $27.04 Million in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU)

Rock Creek Group LP bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 203,700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,035,000. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF comprises about 2.3% of Rock Creek Group LP’s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest position.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Michael A. Dubis Financial Planning LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF in the fourth quarter worth $207,000. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC lifted its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 110.8% in the 4th quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 88,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,409,000 after buying an additional 46,550 shares in the last quarter. Moment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $3,127,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,904,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,533,476,000 after acquiring an additional 930,784 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF by 86.4% in the fourth quarter. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. now owns 8,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,055,000 after acquiring an additional 3,800 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Trading Down 2.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ESGU opened at $121.22 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $128.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $128.88. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF has a 1 year low of $108.40 and a 1 year high of $134.50. The firm has a market cap of $13.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th were paid a dividend of $0.3282 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th.

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.