Proficio Capital Partners LLC Buys New Position in Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW)

Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 39,259 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,374,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of VAW. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Materials ETF during the third quarter valued at about $31,000. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Materials ETF by 50.7% during the fourth quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 208 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its stake in Vanguard Materials ETF by 4,133.3% during the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 248 shares in the last quarter. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Materials ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $57,000. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in Vanguard Materials ETF during the third quarter valued at about $60,000.

Vanguard Materials ETF Stock Up 1.6 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VAW opened at $190.35 on Monday. Vanguard Materials ETF has a 12 month low of $185.00 and a 12 month high of $215.82. The company has a market cap of $2.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.64 and a beta of 1.12. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $194.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $201.29.

Vanguard Materials ETF Company 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.