Safeguard Financial LLC Grows Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)

Safeguard Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 34.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 83,656 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 21,496 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF comprises approximately 5.7% of Safeguard Financial LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Safeguard Financial LLC owned 0.06% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $15,055,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VBR. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 10.7% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 63,733 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,214,000 after acquiring an additional 6,138 shares during the period. Synovus Financial Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% during the first quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 8,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,495,000 after buying an additional 273 shares in the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 16.7% during the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 38,442 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,763,000 after buying an additional 5,495 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 22.2% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,898 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,038,000 after buying an additional 1,070 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 12.4% during the first quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 104,944 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,464,000 after buying an additional 11,547 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Down 0.6 %

VBR traded down $1.16 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $178.68. 545,176 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 579,968. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $148.75 and a fifty-two week high of $192.44. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $183.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $173.04. The company has a market capitalization of $26.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 1.09.

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.