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

American Financial Advisors LLC cut its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 2.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 117,712 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,232 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF comprises approximately 4.7% of American Financial Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position. American Financial Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.18% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $35,579,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 100.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,924,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $533,099,000 after purchasing an additional 966,444 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $234,537,000. Gen Wealth Partners Inc lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11,209.1% in the 4th quarter. Gen Wealth Partners Inc now owns 392,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,556,000 after purchasing an additional 388,955 shares during the period. Align Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $87,255,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,257,972 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,099,036,000 after buying an additional 268,570 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 0.8%

VBK opened at $345.30 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $351.02 and its 200 day moving average is $330.29. The company has a market cap of $23.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $273.57 and a 12-month high of $366.86.

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.