North Star Investment Management Corp. Reduces Stock Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)

North Star Investment Management Corp. cut its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 11.4% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 12,386 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,596 shares during the quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,307,000 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 VBR. Brooklyn FI LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6,384.8% in the fourth quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 4,400,726 shares of the company’s stock worth $903,582,000 after purchasing an additional 4,332,864 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 3,998,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $792,365,000 after acquiring an additional 180,662 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 2,400,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $475,749,000 after acquiring an additional 18,066 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 10.8% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,781,230 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,004,000 after acquiring an additional 173,385 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,693,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $335,715,000 after acquiring an additional 145,622 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VBR opened at $189.43 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1 year low of $160.23 and a 1 year high of $219.01. The company has a market capitalization of $101.36 billion, a PE ratio of 15.85 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a fifty day moving average of $183.91 and a 200 day moving average of $193.51.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Profile

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Value Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of value stocks of smaller United States companies.