Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC Makes New Investment in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 3,575 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $204,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of GDXJ. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 13,261 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $567,000 after purchasing an additional 268 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 0.8% in the first quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 33,946 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,942,000 after buying an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. WCG Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. WCG Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,869 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $550,000 after buying an additional 451 shares during the last quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 6.6% during the first quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,469 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $484,000 after acquiring an additional 525 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. raised its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 19.5% in the 4th quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 3,714 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $159,000 after acquiring an additional 607 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $76.27 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $41.85 and a fifty-two week high of $76.95. The stock has a market cap of $6.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $69.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.95.

About VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.