iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Reaches New 52-Week High – What’s Next?

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $56.07 and last traded at $55.93, with a volume of 174658 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $55.43.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.9%

The stock’s 50-day moving average is $52.91 and its 200-day moving average is $49.97. The stock has a market cap of $2.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in ESML. Ameriflex Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 100.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 602 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 301 shares in the last quarter. Operose Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 145.9% in the fourth quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 461 shares during the period. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% during the first quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 468 shares in the last quarter. Union Savings Bank acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $84,000. Finally, Sherman Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 80.3% in the fourth quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,456 shares of the company’s stock worth $113,000 after buying an additional 1,094 shares during the period.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.