Sapient Capital LLC Trims Stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Sapient Capital LLC reduced its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 0.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 29,805 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 215 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $1,274,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of GDXJ. Arlington Trust Co LLC acquired a new position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $37,000. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 101.3% in 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. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 50.0% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,100 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $90,000 after acquiring an additional 700 shares during the period. Howe & Rusling Inc. increased its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 73.6% in the 3rd quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 2,156 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $105,000 after acquiring an additional 914 shares during the period. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 523.5% in the 3rd quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 2,650 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $129,000 after acquiring an additional 2,225 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GDXJ opened at $51.34 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s fifty day moving average is $46.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $47.39. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 1 year low of $30.89 and a 1 year high of $55.58.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

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.