Vanguard Value ETF $VTV Shares Sold by Ascent Group LLC

Ascent Group LLC cut its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 46.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 34,873 shares of the company’s stock after selling 29,862 shares during the period. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $6,504,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 128,140,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,647,573,000 after buying an additional 3,837,576 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF in the second quarter valued at $382,510,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 368.0% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,278,563 shares of the company’s stock valued at $225,973,000 after purchasing an additional 1,005,350 shares during the period. Brandes Investment Partners LP boosted its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 46,191.3% in the second quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 850,835 shares of the company’s stock valued at $150,377,000 after purchasing an additional 848,997 shares during the period. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 48.8% during the 2nd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 2,246,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $397,069,000 after purchasing an additional 736,741 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VTV opened at $192.37 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $153.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $188.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.81. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1-year low of $150.43 and a 1-year high of $193.78.

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. 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.