VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (NASDAQ:PPH) Sees Strong Trading Volume – Time to Buy?

VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (NASDAQ:PPHGet Free Report) shares saw strong trading volume on Friday . 102,163 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 32% from the previous session’s volume of 149,905 shares.The stock last traded at $86.70 and had previously closed at $88.17.

VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF Trading Down 1.8 %

The firm has a market capitalization of $639.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.04 and a beta of 0.72. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $93.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.02.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PPH. Comerica Bank raised its position in VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF by 39.4% during the 1st quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 1,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $121,000 after buying an additional 378 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its holdings in VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF by 85.0% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 25,900 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,369,000 after purchasing an additional 11,902 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF by 1.7% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 160,039 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,641,000 after purchasing an additional 2,694 shares during the period. CWM LLC purchased a new stake in VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $55,000. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. purchased a new stake in VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $211,000.

About VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF

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The VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS US Listed Pharmaceutical 25 index, a market-cap-weighted index of 25 of the largest global pharmaceutical firms. PPH was launched on Feb 1, 2000 and is managed by VanEck.

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