Principal Securities Inc. Buys 4,833 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Principal Securities Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 4.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 106,172 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,833 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $11,669,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VFH. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 118.3% during the first quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 5,155 shares of the company’s stock worth $528,000 after buying an additional 2,794 shares during the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 10.3% during the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 27,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,859,000 after buying an additional 2,603 shares during the last quarter. Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.1% during the first quarter. Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. now owns 17,316 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,773,000 after buying an additional 191 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1,501.8% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,000 after purchasing an additional 841 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ESG Planning DBA Harper Investing lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 227.0% during the 1st quarter. ESG Planning DBA Harper Investing now owns 8,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $894,000 after purchasing an additional 6,059 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $113.20 on Friday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.19 and a fifty-two week high of $116.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.43 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $110.91 and its 200-day simple moving average is $104.73.

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).