Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Sold by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors lessened its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 90.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,484 shares of the company’s stock after selling 52,519 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $1,632,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Proathlete Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the second quarter valued at $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 57.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 93 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Blume Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Delos Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at about $34,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBK opened at $308.75 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $214.77 and a 1 year high of $312.83. The firm has a market cap of $21.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $301.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $292.76.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF 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.