Retirement Systems of Alabama Sells 20,182 Shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Retirement Systems of Alabama cut its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 309,408 shares of the company’s stock after selling 20,182 shares during the period. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF accounts for about 0.6% of Retirement Systems of Alabama’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest holding. Retirement Systems of Alabama’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $216,852,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. California Public Employees Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 6.5% in the 1st quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 33,635,939 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,099,155,000 after buying an additional 2,049,100 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 1.3% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 27,441,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,397,406,000 after buying an additional 354,072 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 1.3% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,822,531 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,432,569,000 after buying an additional 142,360 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 8.5% during the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,037,865 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,773,246,000 after acquiring an additional 314,829 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 15.6% during the second quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 3,880,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,665,337,000 after acquiring an additional 522,562 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Price Performance

Shares of VOO stock opened at $691.87 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.04 trillion, a P/E ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $703.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $671.61. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a one year low of $578.46 and a one year high of $718.47.

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. The Fund employs a passive management-or indexing-investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.