River Street Advisors LLC Makes New $638,000 Investment in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

River Street Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,112 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $638,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VBK. Wesbanco Bank Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.0% in the first quarter. Wesbanco Bank Inc. now owns 12,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,759,000 after acquiring an additional 365 shares in the last quarter. First United Bank & Trust increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11.6% during the first quarter. First United Bank & Trust now owns 3,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,192,000 after buying an additional 410 shares during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.1% in the first quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 27,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,234,000 after buying an additional 305 shares during the last quarter. Independent Wealth Network Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6.5% in the first quarter. Independent Wealth Network Inc. now owns 4,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,388,000 after acquiring an additional 280 shares during the period. Finally, Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11.1% in the first quarter. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 97,146 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,362,000 after acquiring an additional 9,674 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF stock opened at $357.56 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $345.31 and its 200-day simple moving average is $324.19. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $273.57 and a 12 month high of $361.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

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.