Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Purchased by Ameritas Advisory Services LLC

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 461.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,748 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,121 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $4,456,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Balentine LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $47,000. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 24.3% during the 4th quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $57,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VBK stock opened at $342.83 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $318.96 and a 200 day moving average price of $312.64. The stock has a market cap of $22.89 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $257.89 and a 1 year high of $349.26.

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.