Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) Shares Purchased by Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 31.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 4,022 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 967 shares during the quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $371,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. KCM Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.1% during the third quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 325,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,151,000 after purchasing an additional 9,762 shares during the period. Westside Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 6.6% in the 4th quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 7,310 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,000 after acquiring an additional 450 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $768,000. Synovus Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.1% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 224,943 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,077,000 after acquiring an additional 6,722 shares during the period. Finally, Avantax Advisory Services Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 20.3% during the third quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 160,716 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,909,000 after purchasing an additional 27,144 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of VFH opened at $96.43 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $98.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $90.92. Vanguard Financials ETF has a twelve month low of $73.87 and a twelve month high of $102.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.88 billion, a PE ratio of 14.31 and a beta of 0.96.

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).