Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Sets New 52-Week High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $229.33 and last traded at $228.3110, with a volume of 134206 shares. The stock had previously closed at $225.64.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

The firm has a fifty day moving average of $217.82 and a 200 day moving average of $210.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VBR. Blume Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the second quarter valued at $29,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Balentine LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000.

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.