Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Reduces Stock Position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) by 2.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,310 shares of the company’s stock after selling 282 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $2,019,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of VIG. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.7% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,808,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,150,493,000 after purchasing an additional 314,952 shares in the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,868,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $942,870,000 after purchasing an additional 82,030 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates lifted its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 3,698,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $732,612,000 after purchasing an additional 178,450 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,295,589 shares of the company’s stock valued at $652,725,000 after buying an additional 123,584 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 2,211,138 shares of the company’s stock valued at $438,024,000 after buying an additional 39,560 shares during the period.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF stock opened at $201.94 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $199.51 and its 200-day moving average price is $195.98. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12-month low of $172.34 and a 12-month high of $205.20. The company has a market cap of $87.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.54 and a beta of 0.78.

About Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

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.