Prudential Financial Inc. Sells 25,565 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR)

Prudential Financial Inc. decreased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) by 24.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 78,342 shares of the company’s stock after selling 25,565 shares during the period. Prudential Financial Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF were worth $15,526,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brooklyn FI LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6,384.8% during the 4th quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 4,400,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $903,582,000 after acquiring an additional 4,332,864 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 3,998,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $792,365,000 after purchasing an additional 180,662 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 2,400,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $475,749,000 after purchasing an additional 18,066 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 655.6% in the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,548,368 shares of the company’s stock worth $310,881,000 after buying an additional 1,343,457 shares in the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 24,002.3% in the third quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,373,829 shares of the company’s stock worth $275,837,000 after buying an additional 1,368,129 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Down 1.2 %

VBR stock opened at $188.90 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $197.95 and its 200-day moving average price is $201.33. The stock has a market cap of $101.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.39 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a twelve month low of $177.15 and a twelve month high of $219.01.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a dividend of $1.2422 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. This is an increase from Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF’s previous dividend of $1.02.

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.