Rafferty Asset Management LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Rafferty Asset Management LLC trimmed its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 15.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,345,559 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 237,313 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $133,251,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 28.7% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 51,110 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,455,000 after buying an additional 11,390 shares in the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership raised its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 403,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,300,000 after acquiring an additional 1,200 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 23.1% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 27,269 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,700,000 after acquiring an additional 5,111 shares in the last quarter. Journey Strategic Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 15.5% during the second quarter. Journey Strategic Wealth LLC now owns 8,570 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $579,000 after acquiring an additional 1,150 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Panview Capital Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 5.9% in the second quarter. Panview Capital Ltd now owns 648,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $43,812,000 after acquiring an additional 36,000 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $156.19 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $47.29 and a fifty-two week high of $156.32. The stock has a market cap of $12.99 billion, a PE ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.74. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $130.95 and a 200-day moving average of $107.42.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Company 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.