Geneos Wealth Management Inc. Purchases 971 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 6.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,196 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 971 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $627,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Trust Co. of Vermont purchased a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 6.3% during the fourth quarter. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,896 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $527,000 after buying an additional 820 shares during the period. TB Alternative Assets Ltd. purchased a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $6,441,000. Mutual Advisors LLC bought a new position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $234,000. Finally, Wealthsource Partners LLC lifted its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 27.2% during the fourth quarter. Wealthsource Partners LLC now owns 26,361 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $999,000 after buying an additional 5,637 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA GDXJ traded up $1.53 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $47.77. 7,817,944 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,480,229. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $30.46 and a 52 week high of $47.85. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.49 and its 200-day simple moving average is $38.98. The company has a market cap of $5.61 billion, a PE ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03.

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.