Sapient Capital LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard Value ETF $VTV

Sapient Capital LLC increased its position in Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 113,475 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,613 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Value ETF were worth $24,520,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $2,128,845,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 6.7% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,979,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,956,833,000 after acquiring an additional 560,448 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 8,241,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,574,035,000 after acquiring an additional 536,461 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 7,740,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,518,668,000 after acquiring an additional 296,977 shares during the period. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 6,385,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,219,518,000 after acquiring an additional 155,177 shares during the period.

Vanguard Value ETF Trading Up 0.7%

VTV traded up $1.42 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $219.63. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,294,326 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,451,731. Vanguard Value ETF has a 1 year low of $182.81 and a 1 year high of $228.57. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $223.09 and its 200-day moving average is $214.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $187.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75.

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. 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.