Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Purchases 40,143 Shares of Vanguard Value ETF $VTV

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 5.4% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 781,277 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 40,143 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Value ETF comprises about 0.9% of Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest position. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $153,287,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTV. Lebenthal Global Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Lebenthal Global Advisors LLC now owns 144,038 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,510,000 after purchasing an additional 3,327 shares during the last quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Value ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $28,365,000. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 6.2% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 6,230,066 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,161,845,000 after buying an additional 364,450 shares during the period. Stephens Group Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Stephens Group Asset Management LLC now owns 971,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,529,000 after buying an additional 5,085 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 175,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,565,000 after buying an additional 2,676 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Performance

VTV stock traded up $0.64 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $219.20. The company had a trading volume of 3,070,150 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,795,811. The firm has a market cap of $187.12 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75. Vanguard Value ETF has a 12 month low of $174.35 and a 12 month high of $222.15. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $213.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $204.60.

Vanguard Value ETF Profile

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.