Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Value ETF $VTV

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management cut its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 1.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 342,402 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,038 shares during the period. Vanguard Value ETF comprises about 1.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings, making the stock its 18th biggest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $65,395,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 7.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 42,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,215,000 after buying an additional 3,109 shares during the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 3,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $523,000 after acquiring an additional 298 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $4,052,000. United Bank lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 1.8% in the second quarter. United Bank now owns 21,435 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,788,000 after acquiring an additional 381 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 13.0% in the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 42,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,541,000 after acquiring an additional 4,902 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VTV opened at $196.67 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $201.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $193.38. Vanguard Value ETF has a one year low of $150.43 and a one year high of $208.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $162.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.82.

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. 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.