Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Sets New 52-Week High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $236.21 and last traded at $236.21, with a volume of 14920 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $235.29.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Up 0.2%

The firm has a market capitalization of $35.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.97. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $225.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $221.32.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Klingman & Associates LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 106.6% during the 4th quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC now owns 8,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,701,000 after acquiring an additional 4,144 shares in the last quarter. Asempa Wealth Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,012,000. Atria Investments Inc increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 106,136 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,152,000 after purchasing an additional 3,006 shares in the last quarter. Arlington Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,219,000. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 87.0% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 6,145 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,283,000 after purchasing an additional 2,859 shares during 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.