VanEck Gold Miners ETF $GDX Shares Acquired by Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT increased its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 402,224 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,049 shares during the period. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT owned approximately 0.13% of VanEck Gold Miners ETF worth $30,730,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 106.2% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 24,088 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,107,000 after purchasing an additional 12,408 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. purchased a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $227,000. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 46.7% in the 2nd quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 6,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $344,000 after buying an additional 2,102 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 10.0% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 54,450 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,835,000 after buying an additional 4,964 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 4.7% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 741,118 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $38,582,000 after buying an additional 33,088 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA GDX opened at $110.70 on Wednesday. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 1 year low of $38.58 and a 1 year high of $113.50. The firm has a market cap of $33.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.70 and a beta of 0.55. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $97.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.28.

About VanEck Gold Miners ETF

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.