LPL Financial LLC Grows Position in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF $MOAT

LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (BATS:MOAT) by 2.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 6,583,657 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 180,972 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF were worth $681,803,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC raised its position in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 10.8% in the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 7,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $802,000 after acquiring an additional 753 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 123,838 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,825,000 after purchasing an additional 1,661 shares during the last quarter. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $155,000. Napier Financial LLC acquired a new stake in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $12,805,000. Finally, Endeavor Private Wealth Inc. grew its holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 12.3% in the fourth quarter. Endeavor Private Wealth Inc. now owns 7,786 shares of the company’s stock valued at $806,000 after purchasing an additional 854 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF Stock Performance

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF stock opened at $102.05 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.53 and a beta of 1.02. VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF has a fifty-two week low of $90.07 and a fifty-two week high of $108.10. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $100.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $102.70.

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. MOAT was launched on Apr 25, 2012 and is managed by VanEck.