Vanguard Value ETF $VTV Stake Increased by Bell Bank

Bell Bank grew its stake in Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 1.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,606,434 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,509 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Value ETF comprises approximately 13.1% of Bell Bank’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Bell Bank owned about 0.19% of Vanguard Value ETF worth $347,118,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. EP Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 6.7% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,979,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,956,833,000 after purchasing an additional 560,448 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 4.0% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 7,740,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,518,668,000 after purchasing an additional 296,977 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. raised its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 7.4% during the third quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 5,427,631 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,172,802,000 after purchasing an additional 372,847 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 0.6% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,815,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,140,976,000 after purchasing an additional 34,371 shares during the period. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 0.8% during the first quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 5,611,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,100,933,000 after purchasing an additional 46,820 shares during the period.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VTV opened at $224.51 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $191.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75. The company’s 50-day moving average is $222.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $216.33. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1-year low of $182.81 and a 1-year high of $228.57.

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.