Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. Increases Position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 10.0% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 92,129 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,386 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Financials ETF accounts for 3.1% of Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $9,433,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated now owns 2,844 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after buying an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Cladis Investment Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Cladis Investment Advisory LLC now owns 12,984 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,198,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 11.2% during the 4th quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $169,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 4,457 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the last quarter. Finally, O ROURKE & COMPANY Inc increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. O ROURKE & COMPANY Inc now owns 16,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,560,000 after purchasing an additional 230 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of VFH stock traded down $0.58 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $99.76. 463,321 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 431,308. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $99.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $97.17. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 52-week low of $75.71 and a 52-week high of $103.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96.

Vanguard Financials ETF Company 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).