Founders Financial Securities LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF $VB

Founders Financial Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 138.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,399 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,973 shares during the period. Founders Financial Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $877,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,916,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,010,157,000 after purchasing an additional 65,686 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 3,194,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $812,317,000 after purchasing an additional 372,519 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,747,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $708,842,000 after purchasing an additional 70,024 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,513,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $639,038,000 after purchasing an additional 124,673 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,342,693 shares of the company’s stock worth $554,795,000 after purchasing an additional 173,325 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of VB opened at $293.09 on Tuesday. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $224.66 and a 1-year high of $294.75. The stock has a market cap of $79.20 billion, a PE ratio of 18.27 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $278.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $270.59.

About Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CRSP US Small Cap index. The fund tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index. The market-cap-weighted index includes the bottom 2-15% of the investable universe. VB was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is managed by Vanguard.