Bank of New York Mellon Corp Cuts Stock Holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (BATS:MOAT)

Bank of New York Mellon Corp reduced its position in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (BATS:MOAT) by 35.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 378,586 shares of the company’s stock after selling 206,136 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned 0.22% of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF worth $35,104,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 8.4% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 7,877,723 shares of the company’s stock worth $763,745,000 after purchasing an additional 613,683 shares during the last quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,641,655 shares of the company’s stock worth $256,113,000 after purchasing an additional 91,428 shares during the last quarter. JNBA Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. JNBA Financial Advisors now owns 820,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,075,000 after purchasing an additional 4,693 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 768,506 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,470,000 after purchasing an additional 50,383 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sfmg LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Sfmg LLC now owns 583,753 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,595,000 after purchasing an additional 5,726 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF stock opened at $92.65 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $92.99 and its 200 day moving average is $94.89. The firm has a market cap of $14.84 billion, a PE ratio of 25.73 and a beta of 1.03.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were given a dividend of $1.2675 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 23rd.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF Company Profile

The VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus 20 index. The fund tracks a staggered, equal-weighted index of 40 US companies that Morningstar determines to have the highest fair value among firms with a sustainable competitive advantage.