Harbor Investment Advisory LLC Increases Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Harbor Investment Advisory LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 36.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,214 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,715 shares during the period. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,219,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 1,201 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Investment Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Horizon Investment Services LLC now owns 1,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $311,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Echo45 Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.3% during the first quarter. Echo45 Advisors LLC now owns 17,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,842,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Columbia Asset Management raised its stake 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake 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 in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VBR opened at $242.99 on Wednesday. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $193.00 and a fifty-two week high of $244.30. The firm has a market cap of $36.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $234.74 and a 200-day moving average price of $226.62.

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.