Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Reaches New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $244.38 and last traded at $244.31, with a volume of 125466 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $242.99.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Up 0.4%

The firm has a market capitalization of $36.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $234.74 and a 200-day moving average price of $226.62.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. TCI Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% in the first quarter. TCI Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 3,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $655,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. now owns 4,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $888,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,201 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. Horizon Investment Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Horizon Investment Services LLC now owns 1,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $311,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, Echo45 Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. Echo45 Advisors LLC now owns 17,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,842,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter.

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.