Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Purchased by Sapient Capital LLC

Sapient Capital LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 445.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,990 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,525 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $2,438,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Balentine LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the third quarter valued at $30,000. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $47,000. NBC Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 24.3% in the 4th quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $57,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

VBK stock opened at $334.56 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $320.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $313.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $257.89 and a 52-week high of $349.26.

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.