Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO) Hits New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $130.38 and last traded at $130.38, with a volume of 4143 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $128.09.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $3.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.43 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $124.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $118.71.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Huntington National Bank bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Clearstead Trust LLC increased its stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF by 119.2% in the fourth quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 263 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $46,000.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (VIOO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 index, a market-cap-weighted index of 600 small-cap US stocks selected by an S&P Committee. VIOO was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.