LPL Financial LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard Industrials ETF (NYSEARCA:VIS)

LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF (NYSEARCA:VIS) by 6.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 206,456 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,058 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC owned about 0.85% of Vanguard Industrials ETF worth $51,108,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF by 8.5% during the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 2,111 shares of the company’s stock worth $523,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $895,000. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $769,000. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF by 26.9% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 7,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,871,000 after purchasing an additional 1,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF by 21.9% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 22,886 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,665,000 after purchasing an additional 4,114 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Industrials ETF Trading Down 0.2%

VIS opened at $289.98 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.07 billion, a PE ratio of 23.72 and a beta of 1.14. Vanguard Industrials ETF has a twelve month low of $213.26 and a twelve month high of $295.78. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $279.20 and its 200 day moving average price is $262.93.

About Vanguard Industrials ETF

Vanguard Industrials ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the industrials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities, the manufacture and distribution of capital goods (including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment, and industrial machinery); the provision of commercial services and supplies (including printing, employment, environmental, and office services); or the provision of transportation services (including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure).