U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 977 Shares of Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW)

U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW) by 93.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,019 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 977 shares during the period. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Materials ETF were worth $379,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 308,249 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,185,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 7.5% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 83,232 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,601,000 after acquiring an additional 5,802 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 7.9% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 58,631 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,399,000 after acquiring an additional 4,308 shares in the last quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 2.8% in the third quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC now owns 42,603 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,009,000 after acquiring an additional 1,177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KCM Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 41,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,763,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Materials ETF Price Performance

VAW stock opened at $199.11 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $196.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $201.93. Vanguard Materials ETF has a 1-year low of $181.04 and a 1-year high of $215.82. The company has a market capitalization of $2.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.20 and a beta of 0.98.

Vanguard Materials ETF Profile

Vanguard Materials ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the materials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies in a wide range of commodity-related manufacturing industries.