Essex Financial Services Inc. Purchases 222 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Essex Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 1.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 18,919 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $2,234,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Synovus Financial Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 97.8% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 443,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,714,000 after acquiring an additional 219,120 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 48.0% in the 4th quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 446,507 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,612,000 after purchasing an additional 144,912 shares during the period. EWG Elevate Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,919,000. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 11,076.1% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 98,350 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,810,000 after buying an additional 97,470 shares during the period. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF in the fourth quarter worth $8,796,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

NYSEARCA VFH opened at $125.61 on Tuesday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 52 week low of $93.11 and a 52 week high of $127.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a fifty day moving average of $121.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $115.32.

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).