Verdence Capital Advisors LLC Has $20.98 Million Stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO)

Verdence Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 39,760 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,297 shares during the quarter. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF comprises 1.7% of Verdence Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $20,980,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Quent Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 10.4% during the first quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 1,871 shares of the company’s stock valued at $899,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 14.0% in the first quarter. Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. now owns 3,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,489,000 after acquiring an additional 380 shares during the period. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 7.4% during the 2nd quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC now owns 3,007 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,504,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 78.2% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 6,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,623,000 after acquiring an additional 3,014 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hexagon Capital Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 481.0% during the 2nd quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 122 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 101 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Price Performance

VOO stock opened at $549.98 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $525.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $505.37. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 1-year low of $398.21 and a 1-year high of $551.24. The company has a market capitalization of $498.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.04 and a beta of 1.00.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Profile

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.