Winthrop Partners WNY LLC Buys New Position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB

Winthrop Partners WNY LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 23,544 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,073,000. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF accounts for 3.3% of Winthrop Partners WNY LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest holding.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 29,071.8% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 72,645,943 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,739,021,000 after purchasing an additional 72,396,915 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2,422.8% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 11,331,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,922,918,000 after buying an additional 10,882,179 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 7,864,543 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,028,659,000 after buying an additional 84,999 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,916,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,010,157,000 after buying an additional 65,686 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 13.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 3,194,576 shares of the company’s stock valued at $812,317,000 after buying an additional 372,519 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VB opened at $296.51 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $229.04 and a 52 week high of $301.41. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $287.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $274.66. The company has a market cap of $80.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.05.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CRSP US Small Cap index. The fund tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index. The market-cap-weighted index includes the bottom 2-15% of the investable universe. VB was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is managed by Vanguard.