M&T Bank Corp Buys 3,819 Shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD)

M&T Bank Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) by 0.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 534,326 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,819 shares during the quarter. M&T Bank Corp’s holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $40,683,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGD. FMR LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 23.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,883,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $158,540,000 after purchasing an additional 362,700 shares during the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 5,963,609 shares of the company’s stock worth $454,069,000 after buying an additional 271,626 shares during the last quarter. Stanich Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $10,212,000. Impact Investors Inc acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $6,014,000. Finally, Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 75.1% in the third quarter. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. now owns 172,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,529,000 after buying an additional 74,017 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ESGD stock opened at $82.38 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.08 and a fifty-two week high of $85.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.51 and a beta of 0.88. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $79.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $80.10.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $1.0051 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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.