VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ Shares Acquired by Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 4.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 379,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,000 shares during the quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas owned approximately 0.46% of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF worth $43,123,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in GDXJ. Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 22.2% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,075 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,762,000 after purchasing an additional 4,731 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 97.1% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,418,000 after purchasing an additional 68,000 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 15.7% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 39,266 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,654,000 after purchasing an additional 5,320 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $7,914,000. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 13.8% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 14,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $987,000 after purchasing an additional 1,767 shares in the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

GDXJ stock opened at $122.00 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $129.24 and a 200-day simple moving average of $118.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.17 billion, a PE ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.90. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 1 year low of $57.40 and a 1 year high of $157.49.

About VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

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.