World Investment Advisors Purchases 4,856 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

World Investment Advisors raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 159.3% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 7,904 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,856 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $944,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Retirement Planning Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 2,561 shares of the company’s stock valued at $302,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 10,016 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,183,000 after purchasing an additional 93 shares during the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 23,842 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,815,000 after purchasing an additional 102 shares during the last quarter. Praetorian Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.5% in the first quarter. Praetorian Wealth Management Inc. now owns 21,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,621,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Modern Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $413,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 61.65% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 0.8%

NYSEARCA VFH opened at $127.42 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $123.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $120.59. The stock has a market cap of $12.53 billion, a PE ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.09. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12 month low of $98.47 and a 12 month high of $129.82.

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).