Verity Asset Management Inc. Has $2.78 Million Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Verity Asset Management Inc. lessened its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 55.8% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 13,118 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,580 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF accounts for about 1.2% of Verity Asset Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Verity Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,778,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VBR. Klingman & Associates LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 106.6% in the 4th quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC now owns 8,030 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,701,000 after purchasing an additional 4,144 shares in the last quarter. Asempa Wealth Advisors bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $1,012,000. Aspiriant LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 1,527,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,763,000 after purchasing an additional 43,846 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Corp bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $4,635,000. Finally, Atria Investments Inc grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 106,136 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,152,000 after purchasing an additional 3,006 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Up 0.7%

VBR stock traded up $1.49 during trading on Thursday, reaching $230.47. The stock had a trading volume of 24,845 shares, compared to its average volume of 368,609. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a one year low of $178.98 and a one year high of $235.48. The company’s 50 day moving average is $223.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $218.36. The company has a market capitalization of $34.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.00.

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.