Seamount Financial Group Inc. Reduces Stock Position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Seamount Financial Group Inc. decreased its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 3.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,454 shares of the company’s stock after selling 124 shares during the period. Seamount Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $601,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 106.2% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,058,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,549,000 after buying an additional 545,178 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 846.2% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 198,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,286,000 after acquiring an additional 177,422 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 750.6% in the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 81,534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,625,000 after purchasing an additional 71,949 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2,878.6% in the first quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 52,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,513,000 after purchasing an additional 50,922 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.4% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 586,456 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,749,000 after purchasing an additional 35,307 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VPU opened at $176.31 on Friday. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a twelve month low of $123.31 and a twelve month high of $177.51. The firm has a market cap of $6.35 billion, a PE ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $168.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $156.91.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Utilities ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded class of shares issued by Vanguard Utilities Index Fund. The Fund tracks the performance of Morgan Stanley Capital International United States Investable Market Utilities Index, an index made up of stocks of large, medium-size and small United States companies in the utilities sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).