D.A. Davidson & CO. Buys 848 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 4.8% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 18,510 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 848 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $2,186,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 45.0% during the 3rd quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 93 shares in the last quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,953 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,305,000 after buying an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lewis Asset Management LLC boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Shares of VFH opened at $123.27 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $11.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $122.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $116.48. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1 year low of $95.67 and a 1 year high of $127.67.

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).