Cerity Partners LLC Lowers Position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Cerity Partners LLC reduced its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 25.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 16,372 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,507 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,799,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VFH. US Bancorp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 3.5% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 6,316 shares of the company’s stock worth $694,000 after buying an additional 212 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF during the 1st quarter worth $61,000. Boltwood Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $213,000. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.5% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 600,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,009,000 after buying an additional 25,730 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Prospera Financial Services Inc increased its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 6,488 shares of the company’s stock valued at $713,000 after buying an additional 437 shares during the period.

Vanguard Financials ETF Stock Down 0.9 %

NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $125.06 on Tuesday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a fifty-two week low of $87.05 and a fifty-two week high of $126.85. The stock has a market cap of $11.52 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $116.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $108.32.

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).