Park Avenue Securities LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 17.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 471,888 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 69,685 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF makes up about 0.8% of Park Avenue Securities LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest holding. Park Avenue Securities LLC owned about 0.31% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $98,488,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 23,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,605,000 after buying an additional 444 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 65.8% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 327,501 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,010,000 after purchasing an additional 4,879 shares during the period. Everstar Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $338,000. Finally, Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 12.9% during the first quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 1,825 shares of the company’s stock valued at $330,000 after purchasing an additional 208 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

VBR stock opened at $220.01 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $210.51 and a 200-day moving average price of $206.71. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 52-week low of $160.23 and a 52-week high of $220.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.21 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.