Douglas Petno Sells 3,487 Shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA:VYLD) Stock

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA:VYLD) CEO Douglas Petno sold 3,487 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.80, for a total value of $1,090,733.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 369,126 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $115,462,612.80. This trade represents a 0.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF Price Performance

Shares of VYLD opened at $28.36 on Monday.

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA: VYLD) is an exchange-traded fund managed by Vanguard that combines broad exposure to large-cap U.S. equities with an options overlay designed to generate incremental income. The fund holds a portfolio intended to approximate the performance of the S&P 500 and implements a covered‑call (buy‑write) strategy, selling call options against the equity exposure to capture option premiums. This approach seeks to provide higher income than a plain‑vanilla S&P 500 index fund while maintaining substantial participation in the U.S.