Kestra Advisory Services LLC Boosts Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 5.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 95,425 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,717 shares during the quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $28,842,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Simplex Trading LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Birchbrook Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $39,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $47,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VBK stock traded down $3.13 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $354.19. The stock had a trading volume of 196,099 shares, compared to its average volume of 250,075. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $273.57 and a twelve month high of $366.86. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $350.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of $327.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.03 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.16.

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.