Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Position Lowered by American Financial Advisors LLC

American Financial Advisors LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 2.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 117,712 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,232 shares during the period. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF accounts for about 4.7% of American Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position. American Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $35,579,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VBK. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,257,972 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,099,036,000 after buying an additional 268,570 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 100.8% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,924,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $533,099,000 after purchasing an additional 966,444 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.8% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,609,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $486,416,000 after buying an additional 44,440 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 984,721 shares of the company’s stock valued at $297,629,000 after buying an additional 15,564 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 909,819 shares of the company’s stock valued at $274,865,000 after buying an additional 9,979 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBK opened at $345.30 on Thursday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $273.57 and a fifty-two week high of $366.86. The company has a market cap of $23.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.16. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $351.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $330.29.

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.