Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Purchases 10,488 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 5.4% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 203,898 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,488 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $53,405,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 29,071.8% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 72,645,943 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,739,021,000 after purchasing an additional 72,396,915 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2,422.8% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 11,331,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,922,918,000 after buying an additional 10,882,179 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 7,864,543 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,028,659,000 after buying an additional 84,999 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,916,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,010,157,000 after buying an additional 65,686 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 13.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 3,194,576 shares of the company’s stock valued at $812,317,000 after acquiring an additional 372,519 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VB opened at $299.49 on Monday. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $234.49 and a 52-week high of $302.20. The company has a market cap of $80.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.05. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $289.43 and its 200 day simple moving average is $276.14.

About Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

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.