24,179 Vanguard Utilities ETF $VPU Shares Sold by M Holdings Securities Inc.

M Holdings Securities Inc. lessened its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 95.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,094 shares of the company’s stock after selling 24,179 shares during the quarter. M Holdings Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $205,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VPU. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 509,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,656,000 after acquiring an additional 26,347 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 60.9% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 43,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,608,000 after acquiring an additional 16,640 shares in the last quarter. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 41.9% during the second quarter. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. now owns 150,369 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,432,000 after acquiring an additional 44,405 shares during the period. Rathbones Group PLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $644,000. Finally, Hamilton Wealth LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 11.2% in the first quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC now owns 31,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,298,000 after purchasing an additional 3,206 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of VPU stock opened at $189.48 on Friday. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a twelve month low of $169.37 and a twelve month high of $206.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.20 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $181.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $191.65.

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). This GICS sector is made up of those companies considered electric, gas, or water utilities, or companies that operate as independent producers and/or distributors of power.