Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Buys 518 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB)

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB) by 1.3% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 40,607 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 518 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF were worth $9,632,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VB. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 27,056.7% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,623,701 shares of the company’s stock worth $354,032,000 after purchasing an additional 1,617,722 shares during the period. Grimes & Company Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 354.2% in the third quarter. Grimes & Company Inc. now owns 674,793 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,068,000 after buying an additional 526,226 shares during the period. Wulff Hansen & CO. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $77,968,000. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 255.6% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 482,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,196,000 after acquiring an additional 346,493 shares during the period. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake 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 valued at $372,042,000 after buying an additional 322,291 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

NYSEARCA:VB opened at $255.95 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $63.39 billion, a PE ratio of 14.11 and a beta of 1.17. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $236.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $227.55. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $181.96 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.