Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOV) Sets New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOV)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $98.84 and last traded at $98.75, with a volume of 2625 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $93.57.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $91.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.31. The company has a market capitalization of $1.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.56 and a beta of 1.21.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VIOV. Sigma Planning Corp grew its position in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 1.3% during the third quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 9,285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after buying an additional 115 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 14,906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,247,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC now owns 12,993 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,087,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 28.6% during the third quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,000 after purchasing an additional 237 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 4.4% in the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 7,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $707,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the period.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 Value index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of small-cap value companies selected from the S&P 600. VIOV was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.