Checchi Capital Advisers LLC Boosts Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF $VBR

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 47.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 91,277 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 29,443 shares during the period. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF comprises approximately 1.0% of Checchi Capital Advisers LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC owned 0.06% of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF worth $19,830,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Birchbrook Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Tower View Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the first quarter worth about $37,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBR opened at $241.92 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $236.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $228.50. The company has a market capitalization of $36.73 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 12-month low of $193.00 and a 12-month high of $245.12.

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.