Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO Stock: Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. Grows Holdings

Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 61.9% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 10,379 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,967 shares during the quarter. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF accounts for approximately 0.8% of Physician Wealth Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $7,274,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. USS Investment Management Ltd raised its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 760.0% in the 1st quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd now owns 3,495,162 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,089,023,000 after acquiring an additional 3,088,758 shares in the last quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 33,635,939 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,099,155,000 after acquiring an additional 2,049,100 shares during the period. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $949,385,000. Alberta Investment Management Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 15.6% during the 2nd quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 3,880,748 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,665,337,000 after acquiring an additional 522,562 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 27,441,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,397,406,000 after purchasing an additional 354,072 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

VOO opened at $702.30 on Friday. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 52-week low of $578.46 and a 52-week high of $718.47. The firm has a market cap of $1.03 trillion, a P/E ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s fifty day moving average is $706.17 and its 200-day moving average is $687.49.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Constructive long-term market outlook: Analysts cited in recent reports see further upside for the S&P 500, with Goldman Sachs projecting a potential move to 8,000 by year-end and 8,700 by the end of 2027. Another UBS portfolio manager identified artificial intelligence, energy and longevity-related growth as potential drivers. Because VOO tracks the S&P 500, these forecasts support its longer-term outlook. S&P 500 forecast article
• Positive Sentiment: Diversification remains a key support: Commentators continue to recommend VOO as a low-cost, broad-market holding that includes technology, financials, health care, industrials and other sectors. Historical data showing the S&P 500’s ability to recover from prior 10% declines also supports buy-and-hold investors. VOO recession investing article
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional ownership increased: New England Private Wealth Advisors raised its VOO position by 8.1%, a modest indication of continued institutional confidence in the fund. Institutional VOO holdings article

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.