BLB&B Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

BLB&B Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 26.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 9,590 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,019 shares during the quarter. BLB&B Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,132,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 45.0% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. Kovack Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.7% during the 3rd quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 3,511 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,000 after acquiring an additional 93 shares during the last quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,305,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the period. Magnus Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Magnus Financial Group LLC now owns 11,506 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,265,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 10,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,215,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VFH opened at $126.66 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $121.63 and its 200 day moving average is $115.03. The company has a market capitalization of $11.67 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. Vanguard Financials ETF has a fifty-two week low of $93.11 and a fifty-two week 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).