North Star Investment Management Corp. Increases Stock Position in Vanguard Value ETF $VTV

North Star Investment Management Corp. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 14,642 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 271 shares during the quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp.’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $2,588,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VTV. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec purchased a new position in Vanguard Value ETF during the first quarter worth about $838,404,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 19,843.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,195,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $379,195,000 after purchasing an additional 2,184,173 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF during the second quarter worth about $382,510,000. Bell Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF during the first quarter worth about $213,024,000. Finally, Partners Capital Investment Group LLP lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 106.3% during the first quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 1,663,047 shares of the company’s stock worth $287,275,000 after purchasing an additional 856,928 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VTV opened at $185.90 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $145.70 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.89. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1 year low of $150.43 and a 1 year high of $187.19. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $181.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $174.19.

About Vanguard Value ETF

Vanguard Value ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Value Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Value Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of value stocks of predominantly large United States companies.