Prepared Retirement Institute LLC Purchases 11,064 Shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG)

Prepared Retirement Institute LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) by 10.3% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 118,448 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,064 shares during the period. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF comprises approximately 13.2% of Prepared Retirement Institute LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $23,196,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VIG. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 9.9% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 7,860 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,557,000 after buying an additional 710 shares in the last quarter. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 169.6% in the third quarter. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC now owns 275 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 383.7% during the third quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 861 shares of the company’s stock worth $171,000 after acquiring an additional 683 shares in the last quarter. Passumpsic Savings Bank boosted its position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2.3% during the third quarter. Passumpsic Savings Bank now owns 4,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $821,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tudor Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF in the third quarter valued at about $2,233,000.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Shares of VIG stock opened at $181.58 on Friday. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $169.32 and a fifty-two week high of $205.24. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $195.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $198.11. The firm has a market cap of $80.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.79 and a beta of 0.86.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a dividend of $0.9377 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous dividend of $0.90.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the investment performance of the Dividend Achievers Select Index. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund. The Fund will hold all the stocks in the index in approximately the same proportions as their weightings in the index.