Mechanics Bank Trust Department Buys 6,939 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Mechanics Bank Trust Department boosted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 22.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 38,129 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,939 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF accounts for approximately 1.6% of Mechanics Bank Trust Department’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest holding. Mechanics Bank Trust Department’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $11,348,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VBK. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,125,000 after buying an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $273,000. Coordinated Financial Services Inc. CO bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $570,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 62,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,775,000 after purchasing an additional 2,630 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arete Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $629,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Up 1.6%

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF stock opened at $307.01 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $301.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $294.13. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $214.77 and a twelve month high of $312.83. The company has a market capitalization of $21.03 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Profile

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of smaller United States companies. The Fund 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.