Empower Advisory Group LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 1.9% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 3,159 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 58 shares during the quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $845,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VBK. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 9.0% during the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 1,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $449,000 after buying an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 26.0% during the 1st quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $537,000 after acquiring an additional 425 shares in the last quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 18.8% in the 1st quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,106 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,331,000 after purchasing an additional 808 shares during the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.2% in the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 29,985 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,818,000 after purchasing an additional 1,221 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 27.0% in the first quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 6,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,765,000 after purchasing an additional 1,437 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VBK opened at $284.98 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.20 billion, a PE ratio of 23.60 and a beta of 1.31. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $268.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $258.11. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $211.36 and a 12-month high of $294.89.

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.