PFG Advisors Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

PFG Advisors purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 5,148 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,532,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Diversify Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% in the third quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,662 shares of the company’s stock worth $806,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 26.6% in the 3rd quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 2,374 shares of the company’s stock worth $707,000 after purchasing an additional 499 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 5.6% in the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 84,622 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,185,000 after purchasing an additional 4,479 shares during the period. Ameriflex Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 453.7% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 908 shares of the company’s stock worth $270,000 after purchasing an additional 744 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 28,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,449,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBK opened at $310.58 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $317.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $306.36. The company has a market cap of $21.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $214.77 and a 12-month high of $329.04.

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.