Prospera Financial Services Inc Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Prospera Financial Services Inc grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 6,488 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 437 shares during the period. Prospera Financial Services Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $713,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Family Firm Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the second quarter valued at $29,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the second quarter valued at $43,000. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 350.0% in the second quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the period. Finally, Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the third quarter valued at $54,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of VFH stock opened at $124.79 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $11.49 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $114.69 and a 200-day simple moving average of $107.21. Vanguard Financials ETF has a twelve month low of $85.13 and a twelve month high of $124.90.

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).