Janus Henderson Group PLC Sells 180,202 Shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Janus Henderson Group PLC cut its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 37.8% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 296,591 shares of the company’s stock after selling 180,202 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $177,228,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in VOO. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 496.2% during the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 21,356,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,393,573,000 after purchasing an additional 17,774,521 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System raised its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 21.7% during the fourth quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 31,586,839 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,809,054,000 after buying an additional 5,627,587 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,872,697,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 164.7% in the fourth quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 6,615,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,148,950,000 after buying an additional 4,116,545 shares in the last quarter. Finally, USS Investment Management Ltd boosted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 760.0% during the first quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd now owns 3,495,162 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,089,023,000 after acquiring an additional 3,088,758 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VOO opened at $681.79 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $971.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 52-week low of $569.29 and a 52-week high of $699.15. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $685.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is $652.61.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Profile

Vanguard 500 Index Fund (the Fund) is an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The Fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Shares. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, an unmanaged benchmark representing the United States large-capitalization stocks. The Fund employs a passive management-or indexing-investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.