Proquility Private Wealth Partners LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW)

Proquility Private Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW) by 2.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,330 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 261 shares during the quarter. Proquility Private Wealth Partners LLC owned 0.06% of Vanguard Materials ETF worth $1,753,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Materials ETF by 2.5% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,218 shares of the company’s stock valued at $427,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. First Financial Corp IN boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. First Financial Corp IN now owns 2,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $509,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Materials ETF by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,751 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,843,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Materials ETF by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $551,000 after buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Materials ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. now owns 2,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $577,000 after buying an additional 84 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Materials ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VAW stock opened at $199.38 on Wednesday. Vanguard Materials ETF has a fifty-two week low of $179.00 and a fifty-two week high of $215.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.20 and a beta of 0.98. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $198.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $201.86.

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.