Clark Capital Management Group Inc. Has $4.54 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH

Clark Capital Management Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 29.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 38,029 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,660 shares during the quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $4,543,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VFH. Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. Briaud Financial Planning Inc acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Banque Transatlantique SA acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $39,000. Optimum Investment Advisors increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 235.0% during the 1st quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 335 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 235 shares during the period. Finally, Signature Resources Capital Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 85.8% during the 1st quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 353 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 163 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.65% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

VFH stock opened at $132.16 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.09. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $128.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $122.52. Vanguard Financials ETF has a fifty-two week low of $100.87 and a fifty-two week high of $132.34.

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).