World Investment Advisors Increases Position in Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH

World Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 44.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 11,418 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,514 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,454,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.7% during the first quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 1,215,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $145,273,000 after acquiring an additional 31,634 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.2% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,038,465 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,065,000 after acquiring an additional 11,970 shares during the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF during the second quarter worth about $116,303,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 24.7% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 863,486 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,184,000 after purchasing an additional 171,219 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.7% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 785,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,895,000 after purchasing an additional 27,677 shares in the last quarter. 61.65% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $127.52 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $12.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Financials ETF has a one year low of $100.87 and a one year high of $133.85. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $130.24 and a 200 day simple moving average of $125.99.

Vanguard Financials ETF Company 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).