Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Buys 57,263 Shares of Vanguard Value ETF $VTV

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 19.6% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 349,987 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 57,263 shares during the period. Vanguard Value ETF comprises 1.4% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $61,857,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LMG Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 3,865 shares of the company’s stock valued at $668,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 1,703 shares of the company’s stock worth $301,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. ORBA Wealth Advisors L.L.C. grew its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. ORBA Wealth Advisors L.L.C. now owns 2,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $355,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. BOS Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. BOS Asset Management LLC now owns 9,584 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,694,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. now owns 3,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $652,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

VTV opened at $186.53 on Friday. Vanguard Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $150.43 and a fifty-two week high of $187.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $146.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.89. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $182.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $174.82.

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.