Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $313.48 and last traded at $312.5120, with a volume of 53280 shares. The stock had previously closed at $311.54.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $301.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $294.43. The stock has a market cap of $21.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Mechanics Bank Trust Department boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 22.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 38,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,348,000 after purchasing an additional 6,939 shares in the last quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $5,436,000. Brookstone Capital Management lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 115.8% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 9,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,880,000 after buying an additional 5,192 shares during the last quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 62.6% in the second quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 1,563 shares of the company’s stock valued at $432,000 after buying an additional 602 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clayton Financial Group LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 119.0% in the third quarter. Clayton Financial Group LLC now owns 15,707 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,675,000 after acquiring an additional 8,535 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

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.