Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH Shares Acquired by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 44.5% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 11,418 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,514 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,454,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VFH. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.7% in the first quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 1,215,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $145,273,000 after acquiring an additional 31,634 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.2% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,038,465 shares of the company’s stock valued at $124,065,000 after acquiring an additional 11,970 shares during the period. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $116,303,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 24.7% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 863,486 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,184,000 after acquiring an additional 171,219 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.7% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 785,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,895,000 after acquiring an additional 27,677 shares during the period. 61.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of VFH stock opened at $127.52 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $130.24 and a two-hundred day moving average of $125.99. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 52 week low of $100.87 and a 52 week high of $133.85. The company has a market cap of $12.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.02.

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).