GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 91.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 258 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,920 shares during the quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $78,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VBK. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.3% in the fourth 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 last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $273,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.4% in the first 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 last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 30.1% in the second 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 last quarter. Finally, Glenview Trust co boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 12.2% in the second 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 last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of VBK stock opened at $347.12 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $257.89 and a 12-month high of $349.26. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $323.23 and its 200 day moving average is $314.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.18 billion, a P/E 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.