Americana Partners LLC Buys 142 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Americana Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 4.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,637 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the period. Americana Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $429,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Synovus Financial Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 97.8% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 443,222 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,714,000 after buying an additional 219,120 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 48.0% during the 4th quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 446,507 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,612,000 after acquiring an additional 144,912 shares in the last quarter. EWG Elevate Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,919,000. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 11,076.1% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 98,350 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,810,000 after purchasing an additional 97,470 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF in the fourth quarter worth $8,796,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Up 0.7 %

VFH stock opened at $127.34 on Wednesday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 52 week low of $95.32 and a 52 week high of $127.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $121.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $116.17.

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).