Montecito Bank & Trust Acquires New Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF $ESGE

Montecito Bank & Trust bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 17,334 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $753,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 20.1% in the second quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 72,418 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,837,000 after purchasing an additional 12,142 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 26,237 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,028,000 after buying an additional 755 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 13.7% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 37,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,303,000 after acquiring an additional 4,569 shares during the period. Quent Capital LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 115,286 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,516,000 after acquiring an additional 429 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 27.1% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,653,189 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,803,000 after acquiring an additional 352,198 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ESGE stock opened at $43.04 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF has a 1 year low of $30.57 and a 1 year high of $45.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.41 billion, a PE ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 0.66. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $44.12 and a two-hundred day moving average of $41.72.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.7318 per share. This represents a yield of 342.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 16th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap companies from emerging market economies. Stocks are selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics while maintaining similar investment risk\u002Freturn of the market.