Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) Stake Trimmed by Principle Wealth Partners LLC

Principle Wealth Partners LLC cut its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 1.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,243 shares of the company’s stock after selling 140 shares during the quarter. Principle Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,091,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 924,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,631,000 after acquiring an additional 41,153 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 48.0% during the 4th quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 446,507 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,612,000 after purchasing an additional 144,912 shares during the period. Synovus Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 97.8% in the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 443,222 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,714,000 after purchasing an additional 219,120 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.0% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 433,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,599,000 after buying an additional 8,462 shares during the period. Finally, KCM Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.5% during the third quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 358,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,458,000 after buying an additional 1,706 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 0.8 %

NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $125.61 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $121.64 and its 200 day moving average price is $115.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1-year low of $93.11 and a 1-year high of $127.67.

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).