Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 15.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 924 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $161,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VPU. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 106.2% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,058,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,549,000 after purchasing an additional 545,178 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.4% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 586,456 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,749,000 after acquiring an additional 35,307 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 846.2% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 198,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,286,000 after acquiring an additional 177,422 shares in the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 7.5% in the first quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 159,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,762,000 after acquiring an additional 11,138 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2.3% during the second quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 159,293 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,563,000 after purchasing an additional 3,515 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VPU opened at $172.95 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $169.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $158.07. The company has a market cap of $6.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a one year low of $126.18 and a one year high of $177.51.

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).