Evanson Asset Management LLC Lowers Stock Position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Evanson Asset Management LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 34.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,683 shares of the company’s stock after selling 869 shares during the quarter. Evanson Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $293,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Visionary Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 381.9% during the fourth quarter. Visionary Wealth Advisors now owns 11,045 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,514,000 after purchasing an additional 8,753 shares in the last quarter. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA purchased a new stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF during the 4th quarter worth $451,000. Novak & Powell Financial Services Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF in the 4th quarter worth $772,000. American Trust boosted its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. American Trust now owns 2,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $378,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MONECO Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $241,000.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Up 0.0 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VPU opened at $171.06 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $166.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $155.21. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $123.27 and a fifty-two week high of $176.35. The firm has a market cap of $6.16 billion, a PE 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).