EP Wealth Advisors LLC Acquires 294 Shares of Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW)

EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW) by 13.3% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,512 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 294 shares during the quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Materials ETF were worth $531,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VAW. Caprock Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF in the second quarter worth about $210,000. CWM LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 35.9% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 231 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,760,000. Hershey Financial Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF in the second quarter valued at $1,613,000. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association increased its position in Vanguard Materials ETF by 13.6% in the second quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,383 shares of the company’s stock worth $459,000 after purchasing an additional 285 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Materials ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

VAW stock opened at $203.34 on Thursday. Vanguard Materials ETF has a 52 week low of $179.00 and a 52 week high of $215.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.20 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $209.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $202.84.

About Vanguard Materials ETF

Vanguard Materials ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the materials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies in a wide range of commodity-related manufacturing industries.