Willis Investment Counsel Has $16.69 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Willis Investment Counsel lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 44.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 78,792 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 24,344 shares during the period. Willis Investment Counsel owned about 0.05% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $16,687,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.4% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,438,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,222,233,000 after buying an additional 209,142 shares during the period. Aspiriant LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6.1% in the fourth quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 1,620,708 shares of the company’s stock worth $343,249,000 after buying an additional 93,408 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,452,261 shares of the company’s stock worth $303,097,000 after acquiring an additional 25,434 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 7.7% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,224,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $255,563,000 after acquiring an additional 87,902 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.0% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 951,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $198,546,000 after acquiring an additional 27,419 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Up 2.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBR opened at $225.36 on Thursday. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1 year low of $160.23 and a 1 year high of $235.48. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $223.74 and a 200 day simple moving average of $216.18. The firm has a market cap of $33.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.03.

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.