Sanctuary Advisors LLC Sells 6,137 Shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF $MOAT

Sanctuary Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (BATS:MOAT) by 4.2% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 141,006 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,137 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF were worth $13,635,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,583,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $681,803,000 after purchasing an additional 180,972 shares during the last quarter. Boulay Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Boulay Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,132,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,862,000 after purchasing an additional 13,325 shares in the last quarter. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 31.1% in the fourth quarter. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance now owns 1,107,967 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,720,000 after buying an additional 262,940 shares during the period. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 13.5% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,106,486 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,588,000 after purchasing an additional 131,322 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in shares of VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 752,273 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,905,000 after buying an additional 2,782 shares during the period.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of MOAT opened at $107.59 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $102.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $102.77. VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF has a 1-year low of $94.07 and a 1-year high of $108.10. The company has a market cap of $14.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.53 and a beta of 1.02.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF Profile

The VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus 20 index. The fund tracks a staggered, equal-weighted index of 40 US companies that Morningstar determines to have the highest fair value among firms with a sustainable competitive advantage. MOAT was launched on Apr 25, 2012 and is managed by VanEck.