Finward Bancorp Purchases Shares of 1,550 Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Finward Bancorp acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 1,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $434,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VBK. Passumpsic Savings Bank raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 8.2% during the 3rd quarter. Passumpsic Savings Bank now owns 2,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $692,000 after buying an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 19.5% in the third quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 1,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $532,000 after acquiring an additional 325 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the third quarter worth $547,000. Synovus Financial Corp lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 145.4% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 10,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,808,000 after purchasing an additional 6,218 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 223,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,765,000 after purchasing an additional 8,047 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VBK opened at $238.48 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $260.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is $276.30. The company has a market capitalization of $64.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.89 and a beta of 1.18. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $214.77 and a fifty-two week high of $304.59.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued a dividend of $0.4013 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

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.