Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Stock: Friday Financial Raises Holdings

Friday Financial increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 134.9% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 10,927 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,275 shares during the period. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF makes up approximately 0.7% of Friday Financial’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest holding. Friday Financial’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $3,719,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position 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 valued at $486,416,000 after buying an additional 44,440 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 26.3% during the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,020,017 shares of the company’s stock worth $373,020,000 after buying an additional 212,203 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 14.6% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,024,858 shares of the company’s stock valued at $309,630,000 after acquiring an additional 130,652 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 984,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $297,629,000 after acquiring an additional 15,564 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.5% in the 2nd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 638,366 shares of the company’s stock worth $228,318,000 after acquiring an additional 21,303 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VBK opened at $344.74 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $23.32 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.18. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a one year low of $280.27 and a one year high of $367.04. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $348.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $342.80.

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.