First Financial Corp IN Raises Stock Position in Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH)

First Financial Corp IN grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:VFH) by 2.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,622 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 734 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Financials ETF accounts for approximately 1.5% of First Financial Corp IN’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. First Financial Corp IN’s holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF were worth $3,143,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VFH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 4.7% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 924,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,631,000 after acquiring an additional 41,153 shares during the last quarter. Synovus Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Financials ETF by 97.8% during the 3rd quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 443,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,714,000 after purchasing an additional 219,120 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Financials ETF by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 433,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,599,000 after purchasing an additional 8,462 shares during the last quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 358,998 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,458,000 after purchasing an additional 1,706 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in Vanguard Financials ETF by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 254,006 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,370,000 after purchasing an additional 17,027 shares during the period.

Vanguard Financials ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VFH opened at $116.19 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.70 billion, a PE ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 0.96. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $121.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $112.45. Vanguard Financials ETF has a 1 year low of $90.02 and a 1 year high of $126.85.

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).