Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Hits New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $215.78 and last traded at $215.78, with a volume of 347 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $214.02.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Up 1.8 %

The firm has a market cap of $32.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 1.09. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $202.81 and a 200-day moving average price of $193.60.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 119.7% in the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $207,000 after buying an additional 589 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 29,411 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,643,000 after buying an additional 1,822 shares during the period. BOKF NA grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 5.5% in the 1st quarter. BOKF NA now owns 8,261 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,571,000 after buying an additional 432 shares during the period. Waverly Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 41.7% in the 1st quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 8,898 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,707,000 after buying an additional 2,620 shares during the period. Finally, Prudent Investors Network Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $208,000.

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.