Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Shareholders to Receive $1.03 Quarterly Dividend

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 28th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 28th. This is a 5.5% decrease from Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.0904.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of VBR stock opened at $236.51 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $245.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $235.98. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1-year low of $198.76 and a 1-year high of $251.85. The company has a market cap of $35.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.96.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VBR. Greenspring Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 192.2% during the fourth quarter. Greenspring Advisors LLC now owns 9,423 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,996,000 after buying an additional 6,198 shares during the last quarter. Founders Financial Securities LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 113.1% in the 4th quarter. Founders Financial Securities LLC now owns 4,577 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after acquiring an additional 2,429 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 53.8% during the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 849,534 shares of the company’s stock worth $179,915,000 after acquiring an additional 297,074 shares during the period. Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 218.3% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 20,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,276,000 after acquiring an additional 13,847 shares during the period. Finally, Park National Corp OH purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $5,133,000.

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.