Verus Financial Partners Inc. Decreases Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Verus Financial Partners Inc. lowered its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 2.3% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 134,671 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,149 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF comprises about 2.8% of Verus Financial Partners Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 12th largest position. Verus Financial Partners Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $30,740,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VBR. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth $36,000. Finally, Tower View Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 1st quarter worth $37,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of VBR stock opened at $242.45 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $233.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $225.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $36.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 12 month low of $193.00 and a 12 month high of $244.30.

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.