Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 9.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 6,543 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 577 shares during the period. Birchcreek Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $773,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC now owns 18,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,143,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 45.0% in the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 3,511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $386,000 after buying an additional 93 shares in the last quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,305,000 after buying an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 10,287 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,215,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Down 1.5 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VFH opened at $123.27 on Monday. 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 $122.16 and a 200-day simple moving average of $116.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.35 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96.

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).