Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC Purchases 221 Shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU)

Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 2.4% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 9,485 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 221 shares during the period. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $1,651,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 106.2% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,058,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,549,000 after purchasing an additional 545,178 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 586,456 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,749,000 after buying an additional 35,307 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 846.2% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 198,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,286,000 after buying an additional 177,422 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 7.5% during the first quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 159,546 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,762,000 after buying an additional 11,138 shares during the period. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2.3% during the second quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 159,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,563,000 after acquiring an additional 3,515 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

NYSEARCA:VPU opened at $168.68 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $171.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $160.68. The stock has a market cap of $6.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a twelve month low of $128.05 and a twelve month high of $177.51.

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).