Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Sets New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $248.28 and last traded at $247.50, with a volume of 10802 shares. The stock had previously closed at $247.73.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

The business’s 50 day moving average is $240.68 and its 200 day moving average is $231.22. The stock has a market cap of $37.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Tower View Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $38,000.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

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.