Verity Asset Management Inc. Lowers Stock Holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Verity Asset Management Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 47.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,241 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,135 shares during the period. Verity Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $778,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Camelot Portfolios LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. United Community Bank purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Clear Investment Research LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of VOO stock traded down $0.63 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $653.61. 1,375,955 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,750,464. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $623.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $625.78. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 12-month low of $511.10 and a 12-month high of $657.90. The stock has a market cap of $893.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00.

About Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard 500 Index Fund (the Fund) is an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The Fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Shares. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, an unmanaged benchmark representing the United States large-capitalization stocks. The Fund employs a passive management-or indexing-investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.