Proficio Capital Partners LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 19,095 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC owned 0.05% of Vanguard Utilities ETF worth $3,323,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VPU. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position 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 valued at $156,549,000 after acquiring an additional 545,178 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 846.2% in the 1st 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 during the period. Cetera Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 750.6% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 81,534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,625,000 after acquiring an additional 71,949 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 586,456 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,749,000 after acquiring an additional 35,307 shares during the period. Finally, Atria Investments Inc acquired a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $4,315,000.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Trading Up 1.9 %

NYSEARCA VPU opened at $170.80 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $171.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $160.14. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 12-month low of $128.05 and a 12-month high of $177.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56.

Vanguard Utilities ETF 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).