Vanguard Value ETF $VTV Shares Acquired by Principal Securities Inc.

Principal Securities Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 5.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 150,849 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,262 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $28,811,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VTV. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 19,007.8% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,389,106 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,602,235,000 after acquiring an additional 8,345,202 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 133,808,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,953,948,000 after acquiring an additional 5,667,887 shares during the period. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 79.3% in the 3rd quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,229,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $602,350,000 after acquiring an additional 1,428,525 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 368.0% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,278,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $225,973,000 after acquiring an additional 1,005,350 shares during the period. Finally, CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $177,693,000.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

VTV opened at $215.08 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $179.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $206.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $200.57. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1-year low of $172.57 and a 1-year high of $215.90.

Vanguard Value ETF Company 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.