Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIG Holdings Cut by PFG Advisors

PFG Advisors lessened its holdings in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) by 29.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 111,271 shares of the company’s stock after selling 45,818 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF makes up about 1.2% of PFG Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. PFG Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $24,455,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VIG. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 102.8% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,750,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $358,334,000 after purchasing an additional 887,305 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $134,718,000. Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 9,592,106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,069,881,000 after purchasing an additional 502,464 shares during the period. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2,949.7% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 392,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,382,000 after purchasing an additional 379,860 shares during the period. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 63.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 771,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $166,425,000 after acquiring an additional 300,645 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF stock opened at $227.33 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $221.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $220.87. The stock has a market cap of $104.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.32 and a beta of 0.84. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $178.25 and a fifty-two week high of $230.53.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Profile

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the investment performance of the Dividend Achievers Select Index. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund. The Fund will hold all the stocks in the index in approximately the same proportions as their weightings in the index. The Vanguard Group, Inc, through its Quantitative Equity Group, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.