Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Has $4.06 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB)

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 2.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 17,094 shares of the company’s stock after selling 478 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $4,055,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VB. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 6.7% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,998,082 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,089,782,000 after buying an additional 313,316 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 3.9% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,525,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $768,607,000 after purchasing an additional 131,521 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 8.8% in the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 2,186,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $473,335,000 after purchasing an additional 176,660 shares during the period. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 1,880,342 shares of the company’s stock worth $446,036,000 after purchasing an additional 10,410 shares during the period. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 24.7% in the first quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,627,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $372,042,000 after purchasing an additional 322,291 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $252.00 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $236.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $227.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.41 billion, a PE ratio of 14.11 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $187.30 and a 52 week high of $257.26.

About Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CRSP US Small Cap index. The fund tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index. The market-cap-weighted index includes the bottom 2-15% of the investable universe. VB was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is managed by Vanguard.