HighTower Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

HighTower Advisors LLC cut its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 0.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 811,935 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,263 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $171,960,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 23,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,605,000 after buying an additional 444 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 65.8% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 15,403 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,870,000 after buying an additional 6,114 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 327,501 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,010,000 after buying an additional 4,879 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 29.4% during the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,370 shares of the company’s stock worth $462,000 after buying an additional 538 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Glenview Trust co lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 38.9% during the 2nd quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 3,262 shares of the company’s stock worth $636,000 after buying an additional 914 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBR opened at $228.39 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $34.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.97. The business has a 50-day moving average of $224.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $220.25. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1 year low of $184.56 and a 1 year high of $235.68.

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.