Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 158.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 15,739 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,644 shares during the period. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $2,664,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Value ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $1,288,912,000. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 15,337.4% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 2,549,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $431,577,000 after buying an additional 2,532,669 shares in the last quarter. 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. Lincoln National Corp bought a new position in Vanguard Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $239,161,000. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Value ETF by 3,438.5% during the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 1,133,747 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,867,000 after acquiring an additional 1,101,707 shares during the period.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VTV opened at $173.28 on Thursday. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1 year low of $154.12 and a 1 year high of $182.38. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $175.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $174.78. The company has a market cap of $275.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.49 and a beta of 0.83.

Vanguard Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued a dividend of $1.013 per share. The ex-dividend date was 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.