American Trust Acquires Shares of 3,773 Vanguard Utilities ETF $VPU

American Trust bought a new position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm bought 3,773 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $666,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VPU. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 5.7% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 974,255 shares of the company’s stock valued at $171,966,000 after acquiring an additional 52,880 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 645,724 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,977,000 after purchasing an additional 34,674 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 284,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,315,000 after purchasing an additional 21,735 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 39,275.4% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 255,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,176,000 after buying an additional 255,290 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2.0% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 228,944 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,411,000 after buying an additional 4,591 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

VPU opened at $187.52 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $193.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.60 and a beta of 0.61. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $154.00 and a fifty-two week high of $203.15.

About Vanguard Utilities ETF

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).