GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC Has $33,000 Holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF $VPU

GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC decreased its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 82.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 188 shares of the company’s stock after selling 889 shares during the period. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $33,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 357.7% during the 1st quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,026,000 after purchasing an additional 4,696 shares in the last quarter. Seamount Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 3.7% during the first quarter. Seamount Financial Group Inc. now owns 3,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $607,000 after buying an additional 126 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 35.6% during the first quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 17,121 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,924,000 after buying an additional 4,495 shares during the period. Apollon Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 12.6% during the first quarter. Apollon Financial LLC now owns 18,166 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,103,000 after buying an additional 2,035 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 6,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,044,000 after buying an additional 256 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VPU opened at $194.47 on Friday. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 52 week low of $154.00 and a 52 week high of $203.15. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $190.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $182.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.60 and a beta of 0.61.

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).