Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO Shares Sold by BIP Wealth LLC

BIP Wealth LLC lessened its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 56.4% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 109,676 shares of the company’s stock after selling 141,952 shares during the quarter. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF makes up about 2.7% of BIP Wealth LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest holding. BIP Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $65,537,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VOO. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 39,068,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,501,033,000 after purchasing an additional 1,141,931 shares in the last quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 31,586,839 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,809,054,000 after purchasing an additional 5,627,587 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 29,347,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,404,737,000 after purchasing an additional 1,019,492 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 27,086,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,987,064,000 after buying an additional 1,148,513 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 496.2% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 21,356,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,393,573,000 after buying an additional 17,774,521 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VOO opened at $684.84 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $679.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $645.14. The company has a market cap of $980.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a twelve month low of $567.98 and a twelve month high of $699.15.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Broad market commentary remains constructive for S&P 500 exposure, with one forecast calling for further upside in U.S. indexes and another noting the S&P 500’s strong first-half performance, which supports VOO as a core large-cap benchmark fund. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles compared VOO with other ETFs such as SPLG, VOOG, SCHD, and QQQI, which may prompt investors to reassess whether VOO is the best fit for low-cost S&P 500 exposure, but these pieces are mainly comparative rather than fundamentally negative. Article Title Article Title Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Another theme was cost scrutiny, with articles arguing that VOO’s low 0.03% fee still hides other expenses and that even cheaper S&P 500 competitors exist; this may weigh on sentiment marginally, but it is more of a long-term product comparison than a direct catalyst. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Weaker labor-market data reportedly lifted VOO at one point by boosting expectations for easier Federal Reserve policy, but the same report also highlighted pressure on tech stocks, leaving the overall impact mixed. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage of a free cash flow ETF outperforming Vanguard’s S&P 500 in 2026 suggests some investors may rotate toward strategies viewed as more efficient or higher-performing than VOO, which could create modest relative-performance headwinds. Article Title

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.