Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. Invests $3.02 Million in Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV)

Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 20,185 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,018,000. Vanguard Value ETF comprises 1.9% of Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VTV. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 108,780.4% in the fourth quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 756,943,008 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,252,090,000 after acquiring an additional 756,247,802 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 53,699,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,406,784,000 after acquiring an additional 583,028 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 28,732,905 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,033,238,000 after acquiring an additional 979,087 shares during the period. Betterment LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.9% in the third quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 12,721,775 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,754,714,000 after buying an additional 231,256 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.4% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 8,423,766 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,161,270,000 after buying an additional 119,948 shares during the period.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Up 0.7 %

VTV traded up $1.12 during trading on Friday, hitting $155.93. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,495,236 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,443,925. Vanguard Value ETF has a twelve month low of $131.42 and a twelve month high of $163.30. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $157.67 and its 200-day moving average price is $148.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $111.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.38 and a beta of 0.73.

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.