Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) Shares Bought by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 12.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 13,354 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,444 shares during the quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $1,577,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VFH. 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 grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 48.0% in the fourth quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 446,507 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,612,000 after buying an additional 144,912 shares in the last quarter. EWG Elevate Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $12,919,000. Barclays PLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 11,076.1% in the third 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $8,796,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VFH opened at $119.02 on Friday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a twelve month low of $95.67 and a twelve month high of $127.67. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $122.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $118.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.89 billion, a PE ratio of 15.58 and a beta of 1.10.

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).