iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Stock Price Up 1.6% – What’s Next?

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML)’s share price rose 1.6% on Thursday. The stock traded as high as $52.58 and last traded at $52.58. Approximately 179,376 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 6% from the average session volume of 168,618 shares. The stock had previously closed at $51.75.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 1.6%

The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $54.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of $53.10. The firm has a market cap of $2.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 78.8% during the first quarter. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. now owns 99,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,656,000 after buying an additional 43,642 shares during the last quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,445,000. Sherman Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 34.6% during the 1st quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $155,000 after acquiring an additional 851 shares during the last quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 20.3% during the 2nd quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 27,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,559,000 after acquiring an additional 4,694 shares during the period. Finally, Operose Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 41.7% during the 2nd quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 324 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.