Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Hits New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $238.60 and last traded at $238.49, with a volume of 407508 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $234.69.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

The business’s 50 day moving average is $229.12 and its 200-day moving average is $223.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VBR. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 23,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,605,000 after acquiring an additional 444 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 65.8% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 15,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,000 after acquiring an additional 6,114 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 327,501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,010,000 after acquiring an additional 4,879 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 29.4% during the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $462,000 after acquiring an additional 538 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Glenview Trust co boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 38.9% during the 2nd quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 3,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $636,000 after acquiring an additional 914 shares in the last quarter.

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.