Merit Financial Group LLC Sells 8,844 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Merit Financial Group LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 160,742 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,844 shares during the quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC owned approximately 0.11% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $33,549,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,360,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $850,337,000 after purchasing an additional 185,712 shares in the last quarter. Aspiriant LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.0% in the third quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 1,527,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,763,000 after acquiring an additional 43,846 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,426,827 shares of the company’s stock worth $278,321,000 after acquiring an additional 41,495 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 22.6% during the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 880,807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $171,766,000 after purchasing an additional 162,575 shares during the period. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 823,826 shares of the company’s stock valued at $171,941,000 after purchasing an additional 43,288 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VBR opened at $213.93 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $32.17 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $209.94 and its 200-day moving average price is $205.85. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 52-week low of $160.23 and a 52-week high of $218.90.

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.