PFG Advisors Purchases 183 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

PFG Advisors increased its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 4.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,069 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 183 shares during the period. PFG Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $480,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC now owns 18,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,143,000 after buying an additional 86 shares during the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 45.0% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 290 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 3,511 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,000 after purchasing an additional 93 shares during the period. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 10,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,215,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares during the period. Finally, Lewis Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Lewis Asset Management LLC now owns 4,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $575,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares during the period.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Up 2.4 %

NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $116.81 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.58 and a beta of 1.10. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $122.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $118.24. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12 month low of $95.67 and a 12 month high of $127.67.

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).