Park Avenue Securities LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 110.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,681 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,452 shares during the quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $479,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the 4th quarter worth $59,548,000. Morningstar Investment Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 62.1% in the 4th quarter. Morningstar Investment Services LLC now owns 818,619 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,861,000 after buying an additional 313,649 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the 4th quarter worth $17,905,000. Principal Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the 4th quarter worth $8,758,000. Finally, Calton & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the 4th quarter worth $7,776,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of VFH stock opened at $99.88 on Friday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a twelve month low of $75.71 and a twelve month high of $103.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $100.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $97.29.

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).