Royce & Associates LP Acquires New Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Royce & Associates LP acquired a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 41,219 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,603,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VBR. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 42.5% during the third quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,116 shares of the company’s stock worth $855,000 after purchasing an additional 1,228 shares during the period. Strategies Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.9% during the third quarter. Strategies Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 172,619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,027,000 after buying an additional 1,594 shares during the last quarter. Meridian Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the third quarter worth about $208,000. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 37,685 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,865,000 after acquiring an additional 268 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $629,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF stock opened at $227.25 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $224.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $214.42. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $160.23 and a fifty-two week high of $235.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Company 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. The Fund attempts to replicate the target Index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.