Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Sets New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) hit a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $210.66 and last traded at $210.41, with a volume of 7085 shares. The stock had previously closed at $202.43.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $31.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 1.09. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $199.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $191.62.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Centennial Bank AR boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 2,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $562,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Forum Financial Management LP grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 14,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,873,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the period. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $546,000 after buying an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. Summit Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $440,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the period. Finally, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. now owns 9,530 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,913,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

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.