VFH ETF Analysis: Financials Shares | NYSE

Financial | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 13.121m USD | 12M Return: 4.1% | US92204A4058 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis

Banks, Insurance, Capital Markets, Asset Management
Total Rating 49
Safety 59
Buy Signal -0.32
Financial
Category Rotation: -1.4
TER: 0.10%
AUM: 13.1B
Avg Turnover: 75.4M
Risk 3d forecast
Volatility16.5%
VaR 5th Pctl3.02%
VaR vs Median1.36%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio0.06
Rel. Str. IBD46
Rel. Str. Peer Group56.7
Character TTM
Beta0.705
Beta Downside0.678
Hurst Exponent0.438
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD17.30%
CAGR/Max DD1.21
CAGR/Mean DD6.84

Warnings

Fakeout

Tailwinds

No distinct edge detected

Seasonality 11.7 years of data

Jan -2.2% 5
Feb -2.4% 25
Mar -3.5% 35
Apr +2.0% 5
May -0.4% 8
Jun -1.9% 5
Jul +4.0% 35
Aug +0.1% 7
Sep -3.5% 50
Oct -0.5% 24
Nov +4.9% 56
Dec -0.3% 13

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: VFH Financials Shares

Vanguard Financials Index Fund ETF Shares (VFH) is an exchange-traded fund that uses an indexing strategy to track the performance of a U.S. financials sector benchmark. The fund holds large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks classified within the financials sector under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), and it follows a full replication approach, seeking to hold each underlying stock in approximately the same weight as its representation in the target index.

As a sector-specific ETF, VFH concentrates its exposure in financial companies, which under GICS generally include banks, insurance firms, capital markets businesses, and consumer finance providers. The fund is classified as non-diversified, a structure common to sector ETFs that deliberately concentrate holdings within a single industry rather than spreading risk across multiple sectors.

Headlines to Watch Out For
  • Fed rate cuts compress bank net interest margins
  • Yield curve steepening boosts bank lending profitability
  • Credit losses rise as loan defaults accelerate
What is the price of VFH shares?

As of September 27, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 133.67 with a total of 952,167 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.62%, over one month by -5.82%, over three months by +2.37% and over the past year by +4.14%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 131.40 (which is 1.7% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).

Is VFH a buy, sell or hold?

Financials Shares has no consensus analysts rating.