Royce & Associates LP Makes New Investment in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Royce & Associates LP purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 41,219 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,603,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 67.1% during the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 812,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,323,000 after purchasing an additional 326,129 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 128.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 505,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,654,000 after acquiring an additional 284,655 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 22.6% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 880,807 shares of the company’s stock worth $171,766,000 after acquiring an additional 162,575 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1,650.1% during the third quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 131,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,489,000 after acquiring an additional 124,184 shares during the period. Finally, Balance Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $20,957,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 1.4%

VBR stock opened at $227.25 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $224.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $214.42. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1 year low of $160.23 and a 1 year high of $235.48. The stock has a market cap of $34.56 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Profile

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. The Fund attempts to replicate the target Index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.