Vanguard Value ETF $VTV Shares Acquired by Foster Group Inc.

Foster Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 9.2% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 650,259 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 54,804 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Value ETF makes up about 3.8% of Foster Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Foster Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $140,508,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VTV. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,128,845,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 6.7% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,979,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,956,833,000 after buying an additional 560,448 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 7,740,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,518,668,000 after buying an additional 296,977 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 6,385,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,219,518,000 after acquiring an additional 155,177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 0.6% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,815,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,140,976,000 after purchasing an additional 34,371 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of Vanguard Value ETF stock opened at $220.67 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $188.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $223.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $215.35. Vanguard Value ETF has a 52 week low of $182.81 and a 52 week high of $228.57.

Vanguard Value ETF Profile

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. The Index represents the value companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of predominantly large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.