Principal Securities Inc. Has $11.67 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Principal Securities Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 4.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 106,172 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,833 shares during the quarter. Principal Securities Inc. owned approximately 0.12% of Vanguard Financials ETF worth $11,669,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Family Firm Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the second quarter valued at $25,000. Rothschild Investment LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF in the second quarter valued at about $29,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF in the second quarter valued at about $43,000. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF in the third quarter valued at about $54,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Down 1.5 %

Vanguard Financials ETF stock opened at $113.20 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $110.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $104.73. The stock has a market cap of $10.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12-month low of $77.19 and a 12-month high of $116.43.

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).