Verity Asset Management Inc. Decreases Stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Verity Asset Management Inc. lessened its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 55.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 13,118 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,580 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF accounts for approximately 1.2% of Verity Asset Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Verity Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,778,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. World Equity Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.4% during the third quarter. World Equity Group Inc. now owns 1,151 shares of the company’s stock valued at $240,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. Columbia Asset Management raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Columbia Asset Management now owns 1,573 shares of the company’s stock valued at $333,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,038 shares of the company’s stock valued at $432,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 3,566 shares of the company’s stock valued at $744,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the period. Finally, Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 2,152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $449,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBR traded up $1.49 during trading on Thursday, hitting $230.47. 24,845 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 368,609. The business’s fifty day moving average is $223.89 and its 200 day moving average is $218.36. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $178.98 and a fifty-two week high of $235.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.00.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF 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.