Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH Shares Sold by Private Advisor Group LLC

Private Advisor Group LLC decreased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 26.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 42,864 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,221 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $5,178,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VFH. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.3% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 23,437,493 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,075,937,000 after purchasing an additional 526,682 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 60.3% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 554,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,773,000 after purchasing an additional 208,500 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1,059.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 189,392 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,856,000 after buying an additional 173,064 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 5,104.1% in the 4th quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 175,274 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,397,000 after acquiring an additional 171,906 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 109.0% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 260,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,130,000 after purchasing an additional 135,724 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.65% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Financials ETF stock opened at $137.15 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $129.09 and its 200-day simple moving average is $128.43. Vanguard Financials ETF has a fifty-two week low of $116.67 and a fifty-two week high of $138.50. The company has a market cap of $13.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 0.90.

Vanguard Financials ETF Profile

Vanguard Financials ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Financials Index Fund. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Investable Market Financials Index, an index of stocks of large, medium and small United States companies in the financials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies involved in activities, such as banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance, financial investment, and real estate (including real estate investment trusts).