VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) Shares Purchased by Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership increased its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 705.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 281,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 246,800 shares during the period. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership owned 0.24% of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF worth $12,047,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of GDXJ. Duncker Streett & Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Principal Securities Inc. grew its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 20.7% in the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,411 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $60,000 after buying an additional 242 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $60,000. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 101.3% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,254 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $61,000 after acquiring an additional 631 shares during the period. Finally, Kiker Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $69,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GDXJ stock opened at $56.85 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.79 and a fifty-two week high of $58.60. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $51.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $49.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.93 and a beta of 1.24.

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.