Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH Stake Lifted by Sharper & Granite LLC

Sharper & Granite LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 70.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 22,013 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,112 shares during the quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $2,889,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Comerica Bank increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.6% in the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 46,134 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,512,000 after purchasing an additional 297 shares during the period. Ieq Capital LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $525,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 7,562,075.0% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 302,487 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,138,000 after acquiring an additional 302,483 shares during the period. Hanover Advisors Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.5% in the 1st quarter. Hanover Advisors Inc. now owns 4,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $565,000 after acquiring an additional 203 shares during the period. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 65.6% during the 1st quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 13,687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,635,000 after acquiring an additional 5,424 shares in the last quarter. 61.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VFH stock opened at $136.00 on Friday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1 year low of $100.87 and a 1 year high of $136.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.62 billion, a PE ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.02. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $129.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $128.94.

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies involved in activities, such as banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance, financial investment, and real estate (including real estate investment trusts).