Welch Group LLC Buys 3,351 Shares of Vanguard Value ETF $VTV

Welch Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 172.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,299 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,351 shares during the quarter. Welch Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $1,145,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VTV. EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in 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 last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 7,740,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,518,668,000 after acquiring an additional 296,977 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 7.4% in the 3rd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 5,427,631 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,172,802,000 after acquiring an additional 372,847 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,815,364 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,140,976,000 after acquiring an additional 34,371 shares during the period. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 5,611,282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,933,000 after acquiring an additional 46,820 shares during the period.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VTV opened at $228.02 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $194.45 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75. Vanguard Value ETF has a 52 week low of $182.81 and a 52 week high of $230.10. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $222.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $212.52.

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.