Blackston Financial Advisory Group LLC Acquires 1,241 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Blackston Financial Advisory Group LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 25.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,085 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,241 shares during the quarter. Blackston Financial Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $719,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VFH. Synovus Financial Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 97.8% in the 3rd quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 443,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,714,000 after purchasing an additional 219,120 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 48.0% in the fourth quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 446,507 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,612,000 after buying an additional 144,912 shares in the last quarter. EWG Elevate Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $12,919,000. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 11,076.1% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 98,350 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,810,000 after buying an additional 97,470 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $8,796,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 1.5 %

VFH stock opened at $123.27 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.35 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $122.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $116.48. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12-month low of $95.67 and a 12-month high of $127.67.

About Vanguard Financials ETF

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).