Vanguard Utilities ETF $VPU Stock: CENTRAL TRUST Co Reduces Stake

CENTRAL TRUST Co lowered its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 66.0% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,134 shares of the company’s stock after selling 13,846 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $1,220,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VPU. Vestor Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF during the third quarter worth about $19,517,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 560.1% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 103,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,724,000 after acquiring an additional 87,946 shares during the period. Hamilton Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 233.7% in the 1st quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC now owns 95,361 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,895,000 after purchasing an additional 66,780 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 47.1% in the second quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 168,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,033,000 after purchasing an additional 54,051 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 41.9% in the 2nd quarter. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. now owns 150,369 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,432,000 after acquiring an additional 44,405 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VPU opened at $190.34 on Friday. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 12-month low of $169.37 and a 12-month high of $206.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.20 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $181.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $191.66.

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). This GICS sector is made up of those companies considered electric, gas, or water utilities, or companies that operate as independent producers and/or distributors of power.