Advisory Alpha LLC Trims Stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Advisory Alpha LLC lessened its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 23.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 8,316 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,615 shares during the quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $5,218,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOO. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 39,068,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,501,033,000 after acquiring an additional 1,141,931 shares during the period. Canerector Inc. raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 61,151.6% in the third quarter. Canerector Inc. now owns 27,648,957 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,931,668,000 after acquiring an additional 27,603,817 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 25,959,252 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,896,927,000 after acquiring an additional 75,400 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 4.6% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 13,791,786 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,415,795,000 after acquiring an additional 606,315 shares during the period. Finally, Acorns Advisers LLC raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 1.7% in the third quarter. Acorns Advisers LLC now owns 8,995,662 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,508,763,000 after acquiring an additional 148,366 shares during the period.

Trending Headlines about Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

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

• Positive Sentiment: The S&P 500 is extending a strong multi-week run, which supports VOO because the ETF directly tracks the index. Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Nears Longest Winning Streak Since 2023
• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its year-end S&P 500 target on strong consumer spending and robust AI/data-center demand, a bullish backdrop for broad-market funds like VOO. UBS Global Wealth Management lifts S&P 500 target on strong consumer spending, AI demand
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts say strong earnings growth and AI spending could give the S&P 500 more room to run, which can lift VOO alongside the index. Strong Earnings Growth Is Giving the S&P 500 More Room to Run
• Positive Sentiment: VOO remains a popular core holding, and recent commentary highlights strong inflows and rising assets under management, reinforcing demand for the fund. Why VOO stock is rising as US bond yields soar and AUM nears $1 trillion
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles simply reiterate VOO’s structure and role as a low-cost S&P 500 tracker, with no direct new catalyst for the ETF. Should Vanguard 500 Index Fund ETF Shares (VOO) Be on Your Investing Radar?
• Negative Sentiment: One comparison piece argues investors could choose a similar S&P 500 ETF with a narrower bid-ask spread, which may slightly pressure VOO from a competition standpoint, though the impact is likely limited. Forget VOO: This iShares S&P 500 ETF Pays Distributions on the Same Day at Half the Bid Ask Spread

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Trading Up 0.4%

VOO opened at $685.55 on Friday. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 1-year low of $529.11 and a 1-year high of $689.10. The company has a market capitalization of $937.35 billion, a PE ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $638.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $631.93.

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.