Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC Takes $1.44 Million Position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIG

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 6,650 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,435,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 20,718.4% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 35,551,585 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,276,343,000 after acquiring an additional 35,380,815 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,560,061 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,278,756,000 after purchasing an additional 76,924 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 9,592,106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,069,881,000 after purchasing an additional 502,464 shares during the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,511,314 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,177,196,000 after purchasing an additional 295,707 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 5,364,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,097,908,000 after purchasing an additional 34,896 shares during the period.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VIG opened at $218.09 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $225.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $219.94. The company has a market capitalization of $101.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.32 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12-month low of $169.32 and a 12-month high of $230.53.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the investment performance of the Dividend Achievers Select Index. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund. The Fund will hold all the stocks in the index in approximately the same proportions as their weightings in the index. The Vanguard Group, Inc, through its Quantitative Equity Group, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.