MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. Purchases New Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB)

MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm purchased 7,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,856,000. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF makes up approximately 1.4% of MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 18th biggest holding.

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

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VB opened at $247.65 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $238.32 and a 200-day simple moving average of $228.53. The company has a market capitalization of $61.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.11 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $190.99 and a 1 year high of $257.26.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

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.