Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc. Increases Stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc. raised its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 9.2% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 12,653 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,068 shares during the period. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF accounts for approximately 2.0% of Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest position. Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $7,561,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Axis Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 3.0% during the first quarter. Axis Wealth Partners LLC now owns 10,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,369,000 after acquiring an additional 306 shares during the period. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 55.4% in the first quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 3,140 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,876,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the period. Keybank National Association OH lifted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 13.1% in the first quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 643,816 shares of the company’s stock valued at $384,712,000 after purchasing an additional 74,479 shares during the period. Stevens Capital Partners boosted its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 13.6% in the 1st quarter. Stevens Capital Partners now owns 627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Seamount Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Seamount Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,194,000 after purchasing an additional 465 shares during the period.

Key Stories Impacting Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

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

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VOO opened at $684.84 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $980.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s 50 day moving average is $679.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $645.14. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 12-month low of $567.98 and a 12-month high of $699.15.

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.