Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB Shares Bought by Texas Yale Capital Corp.

Texas Yale Capital Corp. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 18.3% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 29,612 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,588 shares during the quarter. Texas Yale Capital Corp.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $7,638,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. UBS Group AG increased its position in shares of 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. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 13.2% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 3,194,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $812,317,000 after acquiring an additional 372,519 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,747,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $708,842,000 after acquiring an additional 70,024 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 5.2% in the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,513,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $639,038,000 after acquiring an additional 124,673 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 8.0% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,342,693 shares of the company’s stock worth $554,795,000 after acquiring an additional 173,325 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $293.51 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $277.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $270.22. The company has a market cap of $79.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.05. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $224.66 and a fifty-two week high of $294.75.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Company 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.