Captrust Financial Advisors Buys 46,299 Shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 31.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 195,762 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 46,299 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors owned approximately 0.54% of Vanguard Utilities ETF worth $34,072,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Comerica Bank boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 5,136 shares of the company’s stock worth $732,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc bought a new stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $4,315,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 846.2% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 198,388 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,286,000 after buying an additional 177,422 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 135.5% during the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 325 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the period. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF in the second quarter valued at about $70,000.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VPU opened at $179.11 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $173.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $162.72. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a one year low of $128.05 and a one year high of $180.04. The firm has a market cap of $6.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56.

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).