Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC Acquires Shares of 181 Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 181 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VPU. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 545,178 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 4.8% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 614,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $107,002,000 after acquiring an additional 28,320 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 31.0% in the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 195,762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,072,000 after acquiring an additional 46,299 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 159,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,563,000 after purchasing an additional 3,515 shares during the period. Finally, Allied Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 1.0% during the third quarter. Allied Investment Advisors LLC now owns 132,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,018,000 after buying an additional 1,324 shares during the period.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

VPU stock opened at $167.83 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $172.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $163.69. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a twelve month low of $128.05 and a twelve month 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).