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VPU

Vanguard Utilities ETF
VPU

188 hedge funds and large institutions have $686M invested in Vanguard Utilities ETF in 2017 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 19 funds opening new positions, 64 increasing their positions, 58 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

146% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.61M | Put options by funds: $654K

27% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 19 | Existing positions closed: 15

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 64 | Existing positions reduced: 58

7% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $643M → $686M (+$43.2M)

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 187 → 188 (+1)

0.2% more ownership

Funds ownership: 25.63% → 25.82% (+0.2%)

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 → 3 (-1)

Holders
188
Holders Change
+1
Holders Change %
+0.53%
% of All Funds
4.69%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-25%
% of All Funds
0.07%
New
19
Increased
64
Reduced
58
Closed
15
Calls
$1.61M
Puts
$654K
Net Calls
+$958K
Net Calls Change
+$717K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BCM
Brookstone Capital Management
Illinois
+$6.74M
2
Envestnet Asset Management
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
+$5.91M
3
PFA
Pinnacle Family Advisors
Missouri
+$5.48M
4
BCMIO
Beacon Capital Management Inc (Ohio)
Ohio
+$5.38M
5
TSS
Two Sigma Securities
New York
+$4.44M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
FI
FormulaFolio Investments
Michigan
-$7.04M
2
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$6.52M
3
AA
Advisory Alpha
Michigan
-$3.69M
4
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
-$3.27M
5
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$2.17M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
PA
151
Perennial Advisors
New York
$58K – – –
JGIA
152
Jackson Grant Investment Advisers
Connecticut
$55K +$473 +4 +0.9%
SEI Investments
153
SEI Investments
Pennsylvania
$53K +$25.9K +219 +92%
QAM
154
QCI Asset Management
New York
$49K -$5.91K -50 -11%
PMFA
155
Plante Moran Financial Advisors
Michigan
$48K -$17K -144 -26%
UBS AM
156
UBS AM
Illinois
$46.2K +$7.56K +64 +19%
NFG
157
Next Financial Group
Texas
$46K -$186K -1,577 -81%
JCM
158
Jacobi Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$40K +$23.4K +198 +143%
WAP
159
Wealthcare Advisory Partners
Pennsylvania
$39K +$39K +330 New
ST
160
Smithfield Trust
Pennsylvania
$38K – – –
WAS
161
WESPAC Advisors SoCal
California
$37K +$37.8K +320 New
PA
162
Parallel Advisors
California
$34K +$12.9K +109 +66%
AC
163
Alexandria Capital
Virginia
$31K – – –
ZB
164
Zions Bancorporation
Utah
$29K – – –
CMBA
165
C.M. Bidwell & Associates
Hawaii
$27K – – –
KTC
166
Kistler-Tiffany Companies
Pennsylvania
$26K -$79K -669 -75%
AA
167
Advisory Alpha
Michigan
$24K -$3.69M -31,235 -99%
CHC
168
City Holding Co
West Virginia
$23K – – –
GT
169
Greenleaf Trust
Michigan
$21K +$21.6K +183 New
LYV
170
Live Your Vision
Pennsylvania
$20K – – –
First Manhattan
171
First Manhattan
New York
$17K – – –
BC
172
Barnett & Company
Tennessee
$15K – – –
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
173
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
North Carolina
$14K +$14.2K +120 +1,500%
AIM
174
Advantage Investment Management
Iowa
$12K – – –
IWM
175
IHT Wealth Management
Illinois
$12K +$118 +1 +1%
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7
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VPU Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2017 in Review

188 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) for Q3 2017, worth a combined $686M — up 6.7% from $643M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 19 funds opened new VPU positions and 15 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 64 added to existing stakes and 58 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Brookstone Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $6.74M. The largest seller was FormulaFolio Investments, cutting an estimated $7.04M.

  • 188 institutional investors held Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) as of Q3 2017, up from 187 in Q2 2017.
  • Funds reported $686M of Vanguard Utilities ETF stock for Q3 2017, up 6.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 19 funds opened new Vanguard Utilities ETF positions in Q3 2017 and 15 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
  • The largest Vanguard Utilities ETF buyer in Q3 2017 was Brookstone Capital Management, an estimated $6.74M added.
  • The largest Vanguard Utilities ETF seller in Q3 2017 was FormulaFolio Investments, an estimated $7.04M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2017.