Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 43.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 123,456 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 37,640 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $14,576,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Abound Wealth Management increased its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 379.6% in the 4th quarter. Abound Wealth Management now owns 235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares in the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its position 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. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $54,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $54,000. Finally, Tsfg LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Financials ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $68,000.

Vanguard Financials ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of VFH opened at $124.43 on Monday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 12-month low of $92.53 and a 12-month high of $126.85. The stock has a market cap of $11.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a 50-day moving average of $121.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $113.84.

About Vanguard Financials ETF

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).