Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Boosts Holdings in Alerian MLP ETF $AMLP

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP) by 130.8% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 56,744 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 32,155 shares during the quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Alerian MLP ETF were worth $2,668,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in AMLP. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in shares of Alerian MLP ETF by 14,563.3% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,289,345 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $60,625,000 after purchasing an additional 1,280,552 shares during the last quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alerian MLP ETF by 326.3% in the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 1,039,696 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $50,800,000 after purchasing an additional 795,787 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Alerian MLP ETF by 1,024.7% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 716,978 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $33,648,000 after purchasing an additional 653,230 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in shares of Alerian MLP ETF by 57.6% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,197,958 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $56,220,000 after purchasing an additional 437,947 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its holdings in shares of Alerian MLP ETF by 1,508.5% in the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 406,459 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,116,000 after purchasing an additional 381,190 shares during the last quarter.

Alerian MLP ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Alerian MLP ETF stock opened at $53.33 on Wednesday. Alerian MLP ETF has a 52-week low of $44.64 and a 52-week high of $55.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.17 and a beta of 0.52. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $52.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $50.35.

About Alerian MLP ETF

ALERIAN MLP ETF seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (the Index). The Index is a rules based, modified capitalization weighted, float adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of the United States energy infrastructure Master Limited Partnership (MLP) asset class. The Index is comprised of 25 energy infrastructure MLPs. The fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities, which comprise the Index (or depositary receipts based on such securities).