Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Trims Stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB)

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lowered its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 1.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 161,174 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,823 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF makes up about 1.2% of Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings, making the stock its 14th biggest position. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI owned about 0.07% of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF worth $34,383,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VB. Advisory Alpha LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 27.0% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 3,537 shares of the company’s stock worth $755,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares during the period. Warwick Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Warwick Investment Management Inc. now owns 73,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,943,000 after purchasing an additional 1,454 shares during the period. Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 130.4% during the 3rd quarter. Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners LLC now owns 21,569 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,078,000 after purchasing an additional 12,209 shares during the period. Alpha Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 14.8% during the 3rd quarter. Alpha Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,359 shares of the company’s stock worth $257,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 572,854 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,207,000 after purchasing an additional 30,233 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of VB opened at $216.56 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 1.18. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $220.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $206.97. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a twelve month low of $174.84 and a twelve month high of $229.54.

About Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CRSP US Small Cap index. The fund tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index. The market-cap-weighted index includes the bottom 2-15% of the investable universe. VB was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is managed by Vanguard.