Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 84.6% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 44,602 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,445 shares during the period. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF comprises approximately 1.8% of Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $27,314,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 6.5% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 34,524 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,602,000 after purchasing an additional 2,112 shares in the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 6.1% in the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 4,790 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,581,000 after buying an additional 277 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. purchased a new position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $87,000. Wellington Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF in the second quarter worth $332,000. Finally, Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 9.3% in the 2nd quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 24,444 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,885,000 after purchasing an additional 2,089 shares during the period.

Key Headlines Impacting Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Here are the key news stories impacting Vanguard S&P 500 ETF this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. futures and early premarket action lifted the S&P 500 heading into the session after a strong January jobs report, which supported VOO before the intraday reversal. Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500 Futures Gain After Strong Job Report—Micron, Novocure, Fastly In Focus
• Positive Sentiment: VOO showed premarket strength in an early update, reflecting initial optimism that briefly supported ETF flows and pricing. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Daily Update, 2-12-2026
• Positive Sentiment: Some market commentators remain bullish and note buyers are defending declines, suggesting dip-buying could cap further losses if sentiment stabilizes. NASDAQ Index, Dow Jones 30 and S&P 500 Forecast – US Indices Ready to Rise
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are watching upcoming CPI and other macro prints; markets opened with modest strength as participants position ahead of these data points, so VOO moves may remain event-driven. S&P 500 and Nasdaq expected to open higher as jobs and CPI eyed
• Neutral Sentiment: Longer-term technical resistance on the S&P 500 (difficulty breaking 7000) could limit upside for VOO until a clear catalyst overcomes that cap. The S&P 500 Can’t Break 7000. Here’s What Is Holding It Back.
• Negative Sentiment: A midday pullback saw the S&P 500 fall over 1%, a direct driver of VOO’s drop as the ETF mirrors index declines across its large-cap holdings. S&P 500 Falls Over 1%; American Electric Power Shares Gain After Upbeat Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Follow-through selling after the jobs beat showed the rally failing to hold, and tech/AI-related sector weakness amplified downside pressure on the index and on VOO. S&P 500 and Nasdaq Index: US Indices Mixed as NFP Beat Fails to Hold Rally

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

VOO stock opened at $626.49 on Friday. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $442.80 and a fifty-two week high of $641.81. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $632.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $615.67. The company has a market capitalization of $838.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00.

About Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

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.