Manning & Napier Advisors LLC Buys 10,208 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 11.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 95,944 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,208 shares during the period. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $25,130,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.2%

VB traded down $0.53 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $298.15. 323,861 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 717,027. The stock has a market cap of $80.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.04. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $234.49 and a 1-year high of $304.70. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $292.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $278.73.

About Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

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.