Royal Bank of Canada Buys 11,607 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 5.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 215,246 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,607 shares during the quarter. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $60,283,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in VBK. Optimum Investment Advisors lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 216.7% in the 4th quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 95 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Transce3nd LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Sherman Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $36,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 0.1%

VBK opened at $269.76 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $72.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.04 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $214.77 and a 12 month high of $304.59. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $249.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $273.44.

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.