Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Reaches New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $244.05 and last traded at $243.70, with a volume of 43562 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $240.50.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $233.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $225.78. The stock has a market cap of $36.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Birchbrook Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Modus Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Tower View Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the first quarter valued at about $37,000.

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. 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.