Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Stake Lifted by LPL Financial LLC

LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 1.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 909,819 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,979 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC owned approximately 1.33% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $274,865,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. XY Planning Network Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. XY Planning Network Inc. now owns 2,702 shares of the company’s stock worth $816,000 after buying an additional 32 shares in the last quarter. Stewardship Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Stewardship Advisors LLC now owns 1,108 shares of the company’s stock worth $335,000 after buying an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Founders Grove Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Founders Grove Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,713 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,424,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,105 shares of the company’s stock worth $334,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 24.3% during the fourth quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBK opened at $344.43 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $266.39 and a 1-year high of $358.10. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $334.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $319.40.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Company 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.