Cetera Advisor Networks LLC Buys 95,980 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Cetera Advisor Networks LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 67.8% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 237,457 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 95,980 shares during the period. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $24,313,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 6.0% in the fourth quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 31,516 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,963,000 after acquiring an additional 1,792 shares in the last quarter. Choreo LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF during the 4th quarter worth $684,000. Wheelhouse Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $5,482,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 152,597 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,079,000 after buying an additional 1,886 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 427.0% in the fourth quarter. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,718 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,000 after acquiring an additional 1,392 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 2.5 %

Shares of VFH stock traded down $2.67 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $102.35. 682,090 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 411,585. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1 year low of $75.71 and a 1 year high of $107.93. The stock has a market cap of $9.43 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $101.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $99.36.

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).