Great Lakes Advisors LLC Raises Holdings in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF $SMOT

Great Lakes Advisors LLC grew its position in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (BATS:SMOT) by 5.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,134,513 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 60,940 shares during the quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC owned about 10.19% of VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF worth $41,069,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of SMOT. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF by 67.0% in the fourth quarter. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 835 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 335 shares during the last quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. purchased a new position in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF in the third quarter worth $37,000. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF by 258.2% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 816 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. grew its holdings in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF by 12.1% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 6,451 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,000 after purchasing an additional 696 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Soundwatch Capital LLC grew its holdings in VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Soundwatch Capital LLC now owns 7,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $281,000 after purchasing an additional 379 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF Trading Up 1.7%

BATS SMOT opened at $38.40 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $36.79. VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF has a 12-month low of $33.34 and a 12-month high of $39.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $427.39 million, a P/E ratio of 17.96 and a beta of 1.28.

About VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF

The VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (SMOT) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in extended market equity. The fund tracks an index made up of two equally-weighted sub-portfolios, comprised of small- and mid-cap companies believed to have durable competitive advantages and attractive valuations. SMOT was launched on Oct 4, 2022 and is managed by VanEck.