Brookwood Investment Group LLC Trims Position in Vanguard Utilities ETF $VPU

Brookwood Investment Group LLC lessened its position in shares of Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) by 6.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 4,752 shares of the company’s stock after selling 341 shares during the quarter. Brookwood Investment Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF were worth $839,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 2,023.8% during the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 96,441 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,473,000 after purchasing an additional 91,900 shares during the period. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 166.4% during the first quarter. Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. now owns 103,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,744,000 after purchasing an additional 64,880 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 8.2% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 611,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,373,000 after purchasing an additional 46,436 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 18.0% during the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 263,041 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,935,000 after purchasing an additional 40,035 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Utilities ETF by 6.6% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 643,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,834,000 after purchasing an additional 40,025 shares during the period.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VPU opened at $198.63 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $189.01 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $180.91. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 52-week low of $154.00 and a 52-week high of $203.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.11 billion, a PE ratio of 20.60 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Profile

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).