Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Bought by Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 3.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 326,837 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,709 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $119,525,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,125,000 after acquiring an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $273,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 62,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,775,000 after purchasing an additional 2,630 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 30.1% during the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 652 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the period. Finally, Glenview Trust co grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 12.2% during the 2nd quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 2,753 shares of the company’s stock worth $762,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VBK opened at $358.65 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $353.69 and a 200-day moving average price of $335.28. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $280.27 and a 1-year high of $367.04. The firm has a market cap of $24.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

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.