Curran Financial Partners LLC Sells 6,572 Shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Curran Financial Partners LLC trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 74.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,243 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,572 shares during the quarter. Curran Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $367,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $266,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.2% in the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 3,830 shares of the company’s stock valued at $566,000 after acquiring an additional 223 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 95.9% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 25,048 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,705,000 after acquiring an additional 12,264 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 106.2% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,058,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,549,000 after acquiring an additional 545,178 shares in the last quarter. Finally, B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 19.5% in the second quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 18,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,757,000 after purchasing an additional 3,022 shares during the period.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VPU opened at $171.27 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $168.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $166.97. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 1-year low of $128.05 and a 1-year high of $180.04.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Company Profile

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).