Waystone Advisors LLC Takes $540,000 Position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB

Waystone Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,094 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $540,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. UBS Group AG boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,916,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,010,157,000 after acquiring an additional 65,686 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 3,194,576 shares of the company’s stock valued at $812,317,000 after acquiring an additional 372,519 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,677,958 shares of the company’s stock valued at $680,951,000 after acquiring an additional 126,497 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,513,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $639,038,000 after acquiring an additional 124,673 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,342,693 shares of the company’s stock valued at $554,795,000 after acquiring an additional 173,325 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VB opened at $292.56 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $79.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.05. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $224.66 and a one year high of $294.24. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $276.78 and a 200-day moving average price of $269.77.

About Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CRSP US Small Cap index. The fund tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index. The market-cap-weighted index includes the bottom 2-15% of the investable universe. VB was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is managed by Vanguard.