J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. Sells 4,218 Shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. lessened its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 20.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 16,793 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,218 shares during the period. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $2,302,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Anchor Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $449,000. Citigroup Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 154.4% during the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 12,269 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,565,000 after buying an additional 7,447 shares in the last quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc lifted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 22.3% during the 4th quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 7,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,034,000 after buying an additional 1,374 shares in the last quarter. First Bancorp Inc ME lifted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. First Bancorp Inc ME now owns 6,312 shares of the company’s stock valued at $865,000 after buying an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sharper & Granite LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 9,171 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,170,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Up 1.5 %

VPU traded up $2.10 on Friday, reaching $141.62. 132,343 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 232,573. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a one year low of $118.81 and a one year high of $152.55. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $137.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $134.50. The company has a market cap of $5.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.85 and a beta of 0.56.

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).