Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Has $37.18 Million Stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX)

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 0.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,096,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,697 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned about 0.27% of VanEck Gold Miners ETF worth $37,175,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 1.5% in the third quarter. Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC now owns 45,322 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,805,000 after buying an additional 675 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 53.0% in the third quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 950 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 329 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 36.5% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 522,183 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,793,000 after buying an additional 139,733 shares during the period. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 2.3% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 65,910 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,625,000 after buying an additional 1,468 shares during the period. Finally, Euro Pacific Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 30.0% in the third quarter. Euro Pacific Asset Management LLC now owns 11,710 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $471,000 after buying an additional 2,702 shares during the period.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of GDX stock opened at $43.64 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $14.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.96. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $39.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $38.76. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 1 year low of $28.91 and a 1 year high of $44.22.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Profile

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.