HighTower Advisors LLC Lowers Stock Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

HighTower Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 761,123 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,839 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC owned about 0.50% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $184,945,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Greenspring Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 192.2% during the fourth quarter. Greenspring Advisors LLC now owns 9,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,996,000 after acquiring an additional 6,198 shares during the last quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 68.2% during the fourth quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 73,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,538,000 after buying an additional 29,746 shares in the last quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 37.4% during the fourth quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC. now owns 24,829 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,259,000 after buying an additional 6,752 shares in the last quarter. Waystone Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth $2,102,000. Finally, Founders Financial Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 113.1% in the fourth quarter. Founders Financial Securities LLC now owns 4,577 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after acquiring an additional 2,429 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VBR stock opened at $247.11 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $37.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $245.91 and a 200 day moving average price of $234.88. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a twelve month low of $198.76 and a twelve month high of $251.85.

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.