Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Increases Stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 77,663 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,375 shares during the period. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. owned about 0.05% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $14,175,000 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 VBR. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 3,319,094 shares of the company’s stock valued at $597,337,000 after buying an additional 147,945 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 1,452,121 shares of the company’s stock valued at $278,633,000 after purchasing an additional 14,596 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.9% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,266,835 shares of the company’s stock worth $243,086,000 after purchasing an additional 59,520 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6,841.9% during the second quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,220,868 shares of the company’s stock worth $222,833,000 after purchasing an additional 1,203,281 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,150,361 shares of the company’s stock valued at $209,964,000 after purchasing an additional 17,226 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF stock opened at $189.61 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.64 billion, a PE ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 1.09. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $191.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $187.05. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 12 month low of $148.75 and a 12 month high of $201.31.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Company 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.