Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Makes New Investment in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 22,343 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,779,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VBK. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,125,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $273,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 62,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,775,000 after purchasing an additional 2,630 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 30.1% in the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 652 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the period. Finally, Glenview Trust co grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 12.2% in the 2nd quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 2,753 shares of the company’s stock worth $762,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VBK stock opened at $340.34 on Thursday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $257.89 and a 1 year high of $349.26. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $321.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $314.06. The company has a market cap of $22.73 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.