Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR Shares Bought by Symmetry Partners LLC

Symmetry Partners LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 27.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 69,126 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,000 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF comprises 1.6% of Symmetry Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest holding. Symmetry Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $14,427,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Ehrlich Financial Group increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ehrlich Financial Group now owns 1,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $227,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Columbia Asset Management grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Columbia Asset Management now owns 1,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $284,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.0% in the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $341,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Accurate Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% in the second quarter. Accurate Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $339,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, IFG Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. IFG Advisors LLC now owns 4,317 shares of the company’s stock valued at $842,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBR opened at $214.77 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $209.18 and a 200 day moving average price of $205.04. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1-year low of $160.23 and a 1-year high of $218.90. The company has a market cap of $32.29 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05.

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.