Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) is Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s 2nd Largest Position

Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 3.7% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,192,295 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 42,547 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Value ETF accounts for approximately 21.3% of Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $201,856,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 53,858,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,118,174,000 after buying an additional 1,672,314 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 9,542,614 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,615,565,000 after purchasing an additional 154,064 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,288,912,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 5,112,238 shares of the company’s stock worth $865,502,000 after purchasing an additional 69,429 shares during the last quarter. Finally, RWA Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,912,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $831,603,000 after acquiring an additional 56,140 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Value ETF stock opened at $170.83 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $175.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $174.73. The stock has a market cap of $271.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.23 and a beta of 0.88. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1 year low of $154.12 and a 1 year high of $182.38.

Vanguard Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of $1.013 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th.

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.