Essential Planning LLC. Has $2.19 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB)

Essential Planning LLC. boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 509.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,000 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,524 shares during the quarter. Essential Planning LLC.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $2,193,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 7,332,914 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,761,953,000 after buying an additional 119,060 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,612,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $856,894,000 after buying an additional 87,311 shares during the last quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 23,750.1% during the fourth quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 2,614,209 shares of the company’s stock valued at $628,142,000 after buying an additional 2,603,248 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $529,562,000. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,942,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $460,885,000 after buying an additional 69,830 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VB opened at $221.94 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $219.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.88 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $242.71 and a 200-day moving average price of $242.28. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $209.81 and a 1 year high of $263.35.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Profile

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.