Verdence Capital Advisors LLC Purchases 932 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Verdence Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 6.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 16,465 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 932 shares during the quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $4,560,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,514,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $381,318,000 after buying an additional 55,465 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 359.1% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 988,251 shares of the company’s stock worth $248,811,000 after buying an additional 773,005 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11.0% during the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 827,794 shares of the company’s stock worth $208,414,000 after buying an additional 81,727 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 802,798 shares of the company’s stock worth $202,121,000 after buying an additional 49,282 shares during the period. Finally, EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 30.7% during the 1st quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 601,701 shares of the company’s stock worth $151,490,000 after buying an additional 141,196 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

VBK stock opened at $294.70 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $293.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $273.87. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $214.77 and a fifty-two week high of $306.76. The company has a market cap of $20.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.14.

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.