Align Financial LLC Buys New Position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIG

Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 138,461 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,431,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,084 shares of the company’s stock worth $241,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Rather & Kittrell Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Rather & Kittrell Inc. now owns 1,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. OMNI 360 Wealth Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. OMNI 360 Wealth Inc. now owns 3,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $845,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Essex LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Essex LLC now owns 5,915 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,300,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Keeler & Nadler Financial Planning & Wealth Management boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Keeler & Nadler Financial Planning & Wealth Management now owns 6,451 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,418,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Trading Down 0.9%

VIG stock opened at $234.61 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $229.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $224.88. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1-year low of $198.37 and a 1-year high of $238.10. The stock has a market cap of $108.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.32 and a beta of 0.82.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Company 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.