Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Bought by Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 326,837 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,709 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. owned 0.48% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $119,525,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VBK. Simplex Trading LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Birchbrook Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Basecamp Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Bollard Group LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 0.7%

VBK opened at $358.65 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $280.27 and a 12-month high of $367.04. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $353.69 and a two-hundred day moving average of $335.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.33 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Company 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.