Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Bought by Baird Financial Group Inc.

Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 4.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 42,535 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,812 shares during the quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $10,709,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VBK. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% during the first 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 in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11.0% during the first 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. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6.5% during the first 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. Cohen Klingenstein LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.5% during the first quarter. Cohen Klingenstein LLC now owns 678,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,891,000 after buying an additional 3,680 shares during the period. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11.5% during the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 469,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,275,000 after buying an additional 48,267 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

VBK stock opened at $291.54 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $283.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $267.40. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $214.77 and a fifty-two week high of $304.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.02 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.