Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Acquires 90 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 45.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 290 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $32,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. US Bancorp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 6,316 shares of the company’s stock valued at $694,000 after acquiring an additional 212 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $61,000. Boltwood Capital Management bought a new position in Vanguard Financials ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $213,000. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.5% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 600,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,009,000 after acquiring an additional 25,730 shares during the period. Finally, Prospera Financial Services Inc increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 7.2% during the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 6,488 shares of the company’s stock valued at $713,000 after acquiring an additional 437 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of VFH opened at $126.10 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $11.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The business’s fifty day moving average is $115.96 and its 200 day moving average is $107.91. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12-month low of $85.13 and a 12-month high of $126.85.

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).