Captrust Financial Advisors Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 31.0% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 195,762 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 46,299 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $34,072,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $37,000. ORG Partners LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Signaturefd LLC increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 64.5% during the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 232 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 91 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VPU opened at $179.11 on Friday. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $128.05 and a fifty-two week high of $180.04. The company has a market cap of $6.45 billion, a PE ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $173.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $162.72.

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).