Vawter Financial Ltd. Raises Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Vawter Financial Ltd. boosted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 1,087.3% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 13,607 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,461 shares during the period. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF comprises about 1.3% of Vawter Financial Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Vawter Financial Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,840,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VBR. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 23,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,605,000 after buying an additional 444 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 65.8% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 15,403 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,870,000 after acquiring an additional 6,114 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 327,501 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,010,000 after acquiring an additional 4,879 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 9.3% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 34,150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,660,000 after acquiring an additional 2,897 shares during the period. Finally, Advisory Alpha LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.6% during the second quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 29,842 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,820,000 after purchasing an additional 1,050 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Up 0.7%

VBR opened at $230.11 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $223.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $213.46. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a twelve month low of $160.23 and a twelve month high of $235.48. The company has a market capitalization of $35.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05.

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.