iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) was the target of a large drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 28,677 shares, a drop of 39.6% from the May 14th total of 47,481 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,300,847 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ESGE. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 29,494.2% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 71,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,805,000 after acquiring an additional 71,376 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 9.1% during the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 36,972 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,448,000 after purchasing an additional 3,086 shares during the period. Blue Edge Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 12.5% during the 2nd quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 51,158 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,004,000 after acquiring an additional 5,677 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 26.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,364,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,658,000 after acquiring an additional 493,011 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Centennial Bank AR boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 33,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,473,000 after acquiring an additional 1,550 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ESGE traded down $0.81 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $55.12. The company had a trading volume of 539,298 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,294,256. The stock has a market cap of $7.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 0.75. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF has a 12 month low of $37.46 and a 12 month high of $56.80. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $51.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $48.27.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a $0.4023 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Company 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. ESGE was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.