Advisory Alpha LLC Has $443,000 Stock Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD)

Advisory Alpha LLC raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 6.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,623 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 331 shares during the quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $443,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGD. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 5,008,504 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,230,000 after acquiring an additional 39,797 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,629,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,364,000 after acquiring an additional 75,363 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,612,149 shares of the company’s stock valued at $121,782,000 after acquiring an additional 9,654 shares during the period. Spinnaker Trust lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Spinnaker Trust now owns 1,189,313 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,694,000 after acquiring an additional 7,504 shares during the period. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 985,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,483,000 after acquiring an additional 72,631 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ESGD opened at $83.55 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $81.04 and a 200-day moving average price of $80.13. The company has a market cap of $8.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.45 and a beta of 0.86. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.74 and a fifty-two week high of $85.04.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

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.