Kestra Advisory Services LLC Purchases 3,745 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 98,007 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,745 shares during the quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $33,110,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.8% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,609,318 shares of the company’s stock worth $486,416,000 after acquiring an additional 44,440 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 26.3% during the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,020,017 shares of the company’s stock worth $373,020,000 after acquiring an additional 212,203 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 984,721 shares of the company’s stock valued at $297,629,000 after purchasing an additional 15,564 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 677,384 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,841,000 after purchasing an additional 28,918 shares during the period. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 638,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,318,000 after purchasing an additional 21,303 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBK traded up $4.14 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $320.29. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 267,580 shares, compared to its average volume of 229,738. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $338.08 and its 200 day moving average price is $335.83. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $280.27 and a 52 week high of $367.04. The company has a market capitalization of $21.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.19.

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.