Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Acquires 171,906 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 5,104.1% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 175,274 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 171,906 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Financials ETF makes up about 0.9% of Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest position. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $23,397,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 124.9% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 9,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,116,000 after acquiring an additional 5,190 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 10.5% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 7,821 shares of the company’s stock worth $934,000 after acquiring an additional 743 shares in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 8.8% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,664 shares of the company’s stock worth $848,000 after acquiring an additional 540 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 8.4% in the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 22,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,894,000 after acquiring an additional 1,759 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 1,765.2% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 9,587 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,220,000 after acquiring an additional 9,073 shares in the last quarter. 61.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Shares of VFH stock opened at $126.47 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $124.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $128.31. Vanguard Financials ETF has a one year low of $116.67 and a one year high of $137.89. The company has a market capitalization of $12.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 0.92.

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). 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).