Stephens Inc. AR Acquires 3,450 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB)

Stephens Inc. AR grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 3.6% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 98,834 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,450 shares during the quarter. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $23,748,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,612,385 shares of the company’s stock worth $856,894,000 after acquiring an additional 87,311 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,942,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $460,885,000 after buying an additional 69,830 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% during the third 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 in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,872,168 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,097,000 after buying an additional 20,175 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 24,676.2% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,593,853 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,971,000 after buying an additional 1,587,420 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

VB opened at $247.71 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $61.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.11 and a beta of 1.17. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $248.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $240.17. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $208.65 and a fifty-two week high of $263.35.

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.