Brandes Investment Partners LP Acquires 47,633 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Brandes Investment Partners LP lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 3,661.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 48,934 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 47,633 shares during the period. Brandes Investment Partners LP’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $10,364,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VBR. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,201 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Columbia Asset Management increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Columbia Asset Management now owns 1,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $432,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Mcdonald Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Mcdonald Partners LLC now owns 3,434 shares of the company’s stock worth $727,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 3,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $744,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBR opened at $234.46 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $35.15 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $230.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $223.70. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a one year low of $188.74 and a one year high of $239.34.

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.