Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Hits New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $248.28 and last traded at $247.50, with a volume of 10802 shares. The stock had previously closed at $247.73.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $37.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $241.30 and its 200 day moving average is $231.59.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. TCI Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during 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. grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. now owns 4,087 shares of the company’s stock valued at $888,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Hardin Capital Partners LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Hardin Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $560,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,201 shares of the company’s stock valued at $254,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Investment Services LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Horizon Investment Services LLC now owns 1,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $311,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Company 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.