Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC Purchases 137 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 0.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 30,733 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 137 shares during the quarter. Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $3,629,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VFH. Wealthcare Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $1,263,000. Essex Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 18,919 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,234,000 after buying an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $343,000. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co LLC grew its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co LLC now owns 37,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,381,000 after buying an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Comprehensive Financial Planning Inc. PA acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VFH opened at $125.28 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $121.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $115.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.54 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).