Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH Shares Acquired by Lido Advisors LLC

Lido Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 9.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 320,865 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 26,367 shares during the quarter. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $42,406,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VFH. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 23,437,493 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,075,937,000 after buying an additional 526,682 shares during the period. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 60.3% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 554,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,773,000 after buying an additional 208,500 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1,059.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 189,392 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,856,000 after buying an additional 173,064 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 5,104.1% during the 4th quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 175,274 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,397,000 after buying an additional 171,906 shares during the period. Finally, Allianz SE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 297,313.0% during the 3rd quarter. Allianz SE now owns 136,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,955,000 after buying an additional 136,764 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.65% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Performance

VFH stock opened at $124.56 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $12.66 billion, a PE ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 0.92. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $125.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $128.06. Vanguard Financials ETF has a one year low of $116.67 and a one year high of $137.89.

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).