Centaurus Financial Inc. Sells 435 Shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Centaurus Financial Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 6.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 6,287 shares of the company’s stock after selling 435 shares during the quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $1,094,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $156,549,000 after buying an additional 545,178 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 846.2% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 198,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,286,000 after purchasing an additional 177,422 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 750.6% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 81,534 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,625,000 after purchasing an additional 71,949 shares in the last quarter. L & S Advisors Inc purchased a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $6,153,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.4% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 586,456 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,749,000 after buying an additional 35,307 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VPU opened at $176.05 on Monday. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $128.05 and a fifty-two week high of $177.51. The company has a market cap of $6.34 billion, a PE ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $172.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $162.00.

About Vanguard Utilities ETF

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).