Bailard Inc. Trims Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD)

Bailard Inc. lowered its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 5.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 25,345 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,595 shares during the quarter. Bailard Inc.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,915,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ESGD. Bfsg LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $84,000. JMG Financial Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 143.2% in the fourth quarter. JMG Financial Group Ltd. now owns 35,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,694,000 after acquiring an additional 21,000 shares in the last quarter. PDS Planning Inc raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 4,985 shares of the company’s stock valued at $377,000 after acquiring an additional 269 shares in the last quarter. Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co. grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co. now owns 15,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,146,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Armbruster Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. Armbruster Capital Management Inc. now owns 12,754 shares of the company’s stock valued at $963,000 after purchasing an additional 859 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of ESGD stock traded up $0.37 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $77.86. 148,561 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 325,380. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $78.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.52. The stock has a market cap of $7.96 billion, a PE ratio of 14.89 and a beta of 0.86. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $65.74 and a 1 year high of $80.20.

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.