NFP Retirement Inc. Grows Stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)

NFP Retirement Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 5.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 13,874 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 708 shares during the quarter. NFP Retirement Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,750,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VBR. Sunbelt Securities Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Eastern Bank purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,000. Fairway Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $33,000. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $37,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 4.2 %

VBR opened at $169.36 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $190.77 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $199.65. The company has a market capitalization of $90.62 billion, a PE ratio of 15.20 and a beta of 1.05. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1-year low of $160.23 and a 1-year high of $219.01.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued a $1.2422 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF’s previous dividend of $1.02. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

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.