Chesley Taft & Associates LLC Buys 2,481 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB

Chesley Taft & Associates LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 39,904 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,481 shares during the quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $12,096,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 29,071.8% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 72,645,943 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,739,021,000 after buying an additional 72,396,915 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2,422.8% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 11,331,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,922,918,000 after buying an additional 10,882,179 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 7,864,543 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,028,659,000 after buying an additional 84,999 shares during the period. UBS Group AG boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,916,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,010,157,000 after acquiring an additional 65,686 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Align Financial LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $717,282,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $306.09 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $239.06 and a 52 week high of $306.54. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $296.98 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $283.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $82.40 billion, a PE ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.04.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Profile

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.