Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOV) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Time to Buy?

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOV) shares saw an uptick in trading volume on Monday . 212,393 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 177% from the previous session’s volume of 76,766 shares.The stock last traded at $73.41 and had previously closed at $75.55.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $1.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.06 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a fifty day moving average of $88.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $92.65.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were issued a dividend of $0.2807 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VIOV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 196.7% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 33,606 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,107,000 after purchasing an additional 22,278 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 59.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,359 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,000 after acquiring an additional 882 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 16.3% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 2,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $261,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares during the period. Noble Wealth Management PBC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $83,000. Finally, Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $202,000.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 Value index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of small-cap value companies selected from the S&P 600. VIOV was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.