Venturi Wealth Management LLC Sells 518 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Venturi Wealth Management LLC decreased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 11.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,001 shares of the company’s stock after selling 518 shares during the period. Venturi Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $472,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. US Bancorp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.5% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 6,316 shares of the company’s stock valued at $694,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.7% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 924,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $101,631,000 after acquiring an additional 41,153 shares during the period. Prospera Financial Services Inc raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 7.2% in the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 6,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $713,000 after acquiring an additional 437 shares during the period. Avior Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 190.7% in the third quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $212,000 after acquiring an additional 1,266 shares during the period. Finally, Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 10,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,215,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares during the period.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

VFH opened at $127.19 on Thursday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1-year low of $95.32 and a 1-year high of $127.67. The company has a market capitalization of $11.72 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $122.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $116.42.

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).