Cerity Partners LLC Acquires 859 Shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

Cerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 4.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 20,977 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 859 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $2,506,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Phillips Financial Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $48,000. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 249.0% in the 1st quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,548 shares of the company’s stock worth $782,000 after acquiring an additional 4,672 shares during the last quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 235.0% in the 1st quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 335 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 235 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.3% during the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,124 shares of the company’s stock valued at $732,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the period. Finally, Sharper & Granite LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Financials ETF by 8.8% in the first quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 13,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,556,000 after acquiring an additional 1,058 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.65% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $128.47 on Friday. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1-year low of $98.47 and a 1-year high of $129.82. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $124.59 and a 200-day moving average price of $121.08. The company has a market capitalization of $12.66 billion, a PE ratio of 17.56 and a beta of 1.09.

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).