Vanguard Financials ETF $VFH Stock Position Raised by Centaurus Financial Inc.

Centaurus Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 121.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 13,396 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,344 shares during the period. Centaurus Financial Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,758,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 606.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 880,189 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,992,000 after purchasing an additional 755,665 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 197.6% during the 2nd quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,014,050 shares of the company’s stock worth $129,089,000 after purchasing an additional 673,259 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 23,437,493 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,075,937,000 after purchasing an additional 526,682 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 29,055.8% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 271,149 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,517,000 after purchasing an additional 270,219 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 60.3% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 554,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,773,000 after purchasing an additional 208,500 shares during the period. 61.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Shares of VFH opened at $119.34 on Thursday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12 month low of $100.87 and a 12 month high of $137.89. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $128.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $129.83. The company has a market cap of $11.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.02.

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies involved in activities, such as banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance, financial investment, and real estate (including real estate investment trusts).