Farther Finance Advisors LLC Purchases 3,307 Shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF $VPU

Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 12.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 29,068 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,307 shares during the quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC owned about 0.07% of Vanguard Utilities ETF worth $5,379,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VPU. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 90.6% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 228,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,277,000 after purchasing an additional 108,479 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 52,392.5% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 77,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,620,000 after purchasing an additional 77,017 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 5.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 974,255 shares of the company’s stock valued at $171,966,000 after buying an additional 52,880 shares during the last quarter. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 46.8% during the 3rd quarter. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. now owns 152,541 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,893,000 after purchasing an additional 48,661 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lido Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 109.7% during the third quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 66,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,562,000 after purchasing an additional 34,695 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VPU opened at $200.51 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $8.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.60 and a beta of 0.66. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 1 year low of $162.93 and a 1 year high of $206.10. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $199.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $193.62.

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). 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.