Short Interest in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE) Declines By 88.3%
by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat GemiShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:ESGE – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 73,251 shares, a decline of 88.3% from the December 15th total of 626,088 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 746,996 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Based on an average daily volume of 746,996 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short.
Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 20.1% in the second quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 72,418 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,837,000 after acquiring an additional 12,142 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 26,237 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,028,000 after purchasing an additional 755 shares in the last quarter. Quent Capital LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 115,286 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,516,000 after purchasing an additional 429 shares during the period. Acorns Advisers LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 1,239,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,534,000 after buying an additional 48,167 shares in the last quarter. Finally, eCIO Inc. grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF by 76.5% during the 2nd quarter. eCIO Inc. now owns 14,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $587,000 after buying an additional 6,498 shares in the last quarter.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Price Performance
Shares of ESGE stock traded up $0.66 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $46.75. The company had a trading volume of 723,267 shares, compared to its average volume of 718,638. The company has a market cap of $5.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.52 and a beta of 0.66. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF has a 12 month low of $30.57 and a 12 month high of $46.77. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $44.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $42.57.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $0.7318 per share. This represents a yield of 342.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.
About iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap companies from emerging market economies. Stocks are selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics while maintaining similar investment risk\u002Freturn of the market. ESGE was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.