Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Raises Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 1.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 385,819 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,026 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $93,750,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,999,348 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,388,502,000 after buying an additional 560,544 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 21,125.3% during the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,270,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $904,364,000 after acquiring an additional 4,249,980 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,438,715 shares of the company’s stock valued at $304,705,000 after acquiring an additional 8,609 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,236,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $261,775,000 after acquiring an additional 11,525 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,164,853 shares of the company’s stock worth $253,064,000 after purchasing an additional 31,607 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 0.7%

NYSEARCA:VBR opened at $243.64 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $245.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $234.54. The company has a market cap of $36.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a twelve month low of $198.76 and a twelve month high of $251.85.

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.