Safeguard Financial LLC Buys 1,234 Shares of Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT)

Safeguard Financial LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT) by 216.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,804 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,234 shares during the period. Safeguard Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Information Technology ETF were worth $873,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VGT. Fairfield Bush & CO. bought a new stake in Vanguard Information Technology ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $84,000. AMI Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Information Technology ETF by 5.9% in the first quarter. AMI Investment Management Inc. now owns 47,612 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $19,829,000 after acquiring an additional 2,662 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its holdings in Vanguard Information Technology ETF by 40.4% in the first quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 650 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $271,000 after acquiring an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Information Technology ETF by 24.8% in the first quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 180,462 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $75,159,000 after acquiring an additional 35,906 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Information Technology ETF by 5.9% in the first quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 5,085 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,118,000 after buying an additional 283 shares during the period.

Vanguard Information Technology ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

VGT traded up $0.36 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $505.25. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 558,151 shares, compared to its average volume of 479,217. Vanguard Information Technology ETF has a twelve month low of $368.39 and a twelve month high of $536.63. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $518.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $479.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.45 and a beta of 1.37.

About Vanguard Information Technology ETF

Vanguard Information Technology ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the information technology sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).