Kesler Norman & Wride LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Kesler Norman & Wride LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 33.4% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,297 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 825 shares during the period. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $1,970,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VOO. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 39,068,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,501,033,000 after acquiring an additional 1,141,931 shares during the last quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System raised its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 21.7% in the 4th quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 31,586,839 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,809,054,000 after purchasing an additional 5,627,587 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 29,347,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,404,737,000 after purchasing an additional 1,019,492 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 27,086,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,987,064,000 after purchasing an additional 1,148,513 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada grew its position 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 last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VOO opened at $683.17 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $973.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $569.29 and a fifty-two week high of $699.15. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $685.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $649.41.

About Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

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.