Citigroup Inc. Decreases Holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

Citigroup Inc. decreased its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 85.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,854 shares of the company’s stock after selling 299,368 shares during the quarter. Citigroup Inc.’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,635,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $787,000 after buying an additional 1,249 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 56.7% during the second quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 4,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $417,000 after acquiring an additional 1,690 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 2,092.4% during the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 14,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,262,000 after acquiring an additional 13,496 shares during the last quarter. Welch & Forbes LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.2% in the second quarter. Welch & Forbes LLC now owns 2,605 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,000 after acquiring an additional 152 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 37.7% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 218,022 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,452,000 after acquiring an additional 59,736 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ESGD opened at $98.92 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.33 and a 1 year high of $104.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.08 billion, a PE ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.85. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $99.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $95.64.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $1.7947 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 381.0%.

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.