SeekingAlpha · Oct 1, 2026
VB: The Time To Buy Small Caps Is At Hand
VB ETF is a buy: attractive 14x P/E, solid growth (PEG ~1.2), and bullish seasonality. Learn more about the VB ETF here.
AMEX · VB
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund
Financial Services · Asset Management
$291.07
Down-$4.09 (-1.41%)
Updated Oct 7, 2026, 9:26 PM
SID Score
6.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 167.75B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 1.17%
- 52-week range
- $241.17 – $309.51
- Volume
- 819.28K
- Avg. volume
- 716.74K
Price performance · VB
VB price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 6, 2026
VB closed at $291.07 after 21 trading sessions, down 2.25% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $291.07
- Period change
- -2.25%
- Period low
- $284.49
- Period high
- $297.76
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $292.18 | $292.88 | $290.64 | $291.07 | 819.28K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $289.29 | $292.11 | $287.52 | $290.95 | 455.37K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $289.44 | $290.79 | $288.38 | $288.99 | 408.69K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $284.75 | $287.45 | $282.83 | $286.56 | 646.96K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $287.30 | $287.38 | $284.48 | $284.49 | 531.97K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $286.95 | $287.8058 | $284.49 | $286.08 | 761.58K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $287.04 | $288.28 | $285.34 | $286.54 | 531.62K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $289.56 | $290.85 | $287.9736 | $289.70 | 371.12K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $289.08 | $289.81 | $287.145 | $288.87 | 501.03K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $291.64 | $291.94 | $289.58 | $289.67 | 385.11K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $292.98 | $293.50 | $291.38 | $292.33 | 462.23K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $291.69 | $291.8962 | $290.1585 | $291.09 | 445.54K |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $291.31 | $291.4312 | $288.51 | $289.61 | 823.52K |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $292.81 | $293.065 | $290.91 | $290.91 | 531.96K |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $291.14 | $292.48 | $286.515 | $288.98 | 935.71K |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $292.25 | $292.885 | $290.0601 | $290.89 | 456.76K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $291.61 | $293.67 | $291.427 | $292.37 | 447.45K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $293.82 | $294.25 | $292.71 | $293.45 | 563.24K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $292.29 | $293.3785 | $290.7001 | $291.18 | 660.65K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $296.73 | $297.5018 | $293.93 | $294.09 | 405.24K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $299.62 | $300.00 | $297.54 | $297.76 | 388.82K |
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Company profile
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund Stock Performance
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) currently trades at $291.07, reflecting mixed performance across multiple timeframes. Per SID market data, VB has declined 2.97% over the past month and 2.53% over the trailing three months, while maintaining a positive 13.42% return over the past year. The fund trades below its 50-day moving average of $297.37, representing a discount of approximately 2.1%, but remains above its 200-day moving average of $284.07 by roughly 2.5%. This positioning between the two key moving averages suggests a consolidation phase for small-cap equities. The 14-day RSI reading of 50.1 indicates neutral momentum, sitting almost precisely at the midpoint between overbought and oversold territory. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 716,736 shares, according to Massive/Polygon data. VB carries a beta of 1.23, confirming higher volatility relative to the broader market, consistent with the small-cap asset class profile.
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund Valuation Analysis
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) is classified within the Financial Services sector and carries a total market capitalization of approximately $167.75 billion, per SID market data. The fund currently offers a dividend yield of 1.28%, providing a modest income component for shareholders alongside capital appreciation exposure. As a passively managed index fund tracking the CRSP US Small Cap Index, VB's valuation reflects the aggregate metrics of its underlying small-cap equity holdings rather than a single company's fundamentals. The fund's recent price of $291.07, positioned between its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, suggests the small-cap universe is trading within a fair-value range after a year of 13.42% appreciation. According to SEC filings, VB provides broad diversification across hundreds of small-cap companies, distributing valuation risk across multiple industries and reducing concentration in any single holding.
Smart Money Activity for VB
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) registers a composite smart money score of 58 out of 100, generating a neutral signal according to SID market data. The institutional component scores a perfect 25 out of 25, reflecting maximum institutional participation and conviction in the fund, consistent with VB's role as a core portfolio building block among professional allocators. Per 13F institutional filings, this high score underscores sustained demand from hedge funds, pension funds, and registered investment advisors. The insider activity component scores 12.5 out of 25, indicating moderate but unremarkable positioning from fund-affiliated entities. Dark pool activity registers at 8.5 out of 25, suggesting below-average off-exchange trading volume relative to peers. Congressional trading activity scores 12 out of 25, per SEC Form 4 filings, reflecting middling interest from legislators. The divergence between institutional strength and weaker dark pool activity creates the overall neutral composite reading, suggesting no directional bias from sophisticated market participants.
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund Earnings Outlook
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense, and no recent earnings data is available for the fund itself. VB's performance is instead driven by the aggregate earnings results of its hundreds of underlying small-cap holdings. Per company earnings reports across the small-cap universe, the fund's trailing one-year return of 13.42% reflects collective earnings growth and multiple expansion among constituent companies. The fund distributes income to shareholders through a 1.28% dividend yield, derived from dividends paid by underlying portfolio companies. Investors monitoring VB's fundamental trajectory should track quarterly earnings trends across the small-cap segment broadly rather than a single quarterly report. According to SID market data, the fund's beta of 1.23 indicates that VB amplifies broader market earnings sentiment, making macroeconomic earnings cycles particularly relevant to its price action.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for VB
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) operates as a passively managed ETF and does not receive traditional Wall Street analyst buy, hold, or sell ratings in the manner that individual equities do. No consensus analyst price targets are currently available for VB, per SID consensus data. Market participants instead evaluate the fund based on its index-tracking efficiency, expense ratio, and asset class outlook. According to Wall Street analyst reports on the broader small-cap space, VB's 13.42% one-year return reflects the overall trajectory of small-cap equities, while the recent one-month decline of 2.97% mirrors sector-wide pressures. The fund's $167.75 billion market capitalization underscores its position as one of the largest and most liquid small-cap index vehicles available. Analysts covering the small-cap segment broadly monitor macroeconomic indicators including interest rate policy and economic growth data as primary drivers of the asset class VB represents.
