iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) was the target of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 132,800 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the December 31st total of 124,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 392,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 23.8% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,883,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $158,540,000 after buying an additional 362,700 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 5,963,609 shares of the company’s stock valued at $454,069,000 after purchasing an additional 271,626 shares in the last quarter. Stanich Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter worth $10,212,000. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 75.1% in the third quarter. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. now owns 172,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,529,000 after buying an additional 74,017 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Objective Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at about $3,135,000.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 1.1 %

NASDAQ:ESGD traded up $0.90 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $79.49. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 57,400 shares, compared to its average volume of 452,511. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $77.84 and a 200-day moving average of $79.71. The company has a market capitalization of $8.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.45 and a beta of 0.86. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.05 and a fifty-two week high of $85.04.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $1.0051 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.