Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) Shares Bought by Rathbones Group PLC

Rathbones Group PLC increased its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 3.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 105,402 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,327 shares during the quarter. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $56,792,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VOO. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 22,099.4% in the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 36,046,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,422,195,000 after acquiring an additional 35,884,088 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 8.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 32,517,360 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,520,679,000 after purchasing an additional 2,516,003 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $14,232,829,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 13.7% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 23,924,836 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,624,419,000 after buying an additional 2,879,321 shares during the last quarter. Finally, California Public Employees Retirement System bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $9,202,879,000.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF stock opened at $465.52 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $536.06 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $539.41. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $444.02 and a fifty-two week high of $563.92. The company has a market cap of $1.31 trillion, a PE ratio of 24.79 and a beta of 1.01.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued a dividend of $1.8121 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard S&P 500 ETF’s previous dividend of $1.78. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

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.