iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) saw a large drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 255,862 shares, a drop of 76.4% from the August 15th total of 1,084,256 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 334,770 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $132,883,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $59,041,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,086,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $768,987,000 after acquiring an additional 237,327 shares in the last quarter. FinArc Investments Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $18,027,000. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4,573.4% during the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 147,726 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,047,000 after purchasing an additional 144,565 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ESGD traded up $0.90 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $105.66. The stock had a trading volume of 192,843 shares, compared to its average volume of 320,774. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $105.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $102.15. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $90.48 and a 52 week high of $108.00. The company has a market capitalization of $12.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.79.

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.