Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW) Shares Sold by Great Valley Advisor Group Inc.

Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. lessened its holdings in Vanguard Materials ETF (NYSEARCA:VAW) by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,052 shares of the company’s stock after selling 78 shares during the quarter. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Materials ETF were worth $434,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VAW. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Materials ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. New Millennium Group LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Materials ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, CWM LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Materials ETF by 35.9% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 61 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Materials ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VAW stock opened at $211.57 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $209.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is $202.34. Vanguard Materials ETF has a 1 year low of $176.46 and a 1 year high of $215.82. The firm has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.