LPL Financial LLC Buys 8,609 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 0.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,438,715 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 8,609 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $304,705,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VBR. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 23,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,605,000 after buying an additional 444 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 65.8% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 15,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,000 after buying an additional 6,114 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 327,501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,010,000 after buying an additional 4,879 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 29.4% during the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $462,000 after buying an additional 538 shares during the period. Finally, Glenview Trust co increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 38.9% during the second quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 3,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $636,000 after buying an additional 914 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSEARCA VBR opened at $234.69 on Tuesday. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 12 month low of $188.74 and a 12 month high of $237.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. The business has a 50-day moving average of $229.12 and a 200-day moving average of $223.19.

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. 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.