Vanderbilt University Has $9.40 Million Holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Vanderbilt University boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 2.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 219,815 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,475 shares during the quarter. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF accounts for approximately 1.8% of Vanderbilt University’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Vanderbilt University’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $9,397,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GDXJ. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $53,479,000. Public Sector Pension Investment Board bought a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $21,964,000. Nwam LLC acquired a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the third quarter worth $5,586,000. Canoe Financial LP bought a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter worth $4,453,000. Finally, Fiduciary Family Office LLC acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $2,708,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Up 2.5 %

GDXJ opened at $51.52 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.19. The stock has a market cap of $6.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 12 month low of $30.89 and a 12 month high of $55.58.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.