Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO Stock Position Boosted by Piedmont Capital Management LLC

Piedmont Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 22,124 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,021 shares during the period. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF accounts for about 7.2% of Piedmont Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Piedmont Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $13,560,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOO. California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 17.9% during the second quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 25,883,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,702,804,000 after buying an additional 3,931,698 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 6.7% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,763,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,883,043,000 after buying an additional 2,313,230 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 59,094.6% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,313,917 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,314,374,000 after purchasing an additional 2,310,008 shares during the last quarter. Soundwatch Capital LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 16,553.7% during the 2nd quarter. Soundwatch Capital LLC now owns 2,196,459 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,247,655,000 after purchasing an additional 2,183,270 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 90.8% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,557,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,588,936,000 after acquiring an additional 2,169,548 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Price Performance

Shares of VOO stock opened at $631.15 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $632.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $617.24. The firm has a market cap of $844.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 1-year low of $442.80 and a 1-year high of $641.81.

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.