Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Sold by Merit Financial Group LLC

Merit Financial Group LLC decreased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 11.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 81,868 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,105 shares during the quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC owned about 0.12% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $24,733,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VBK. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,125,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the first quarter worth about $273,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 62,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,775,000 after buying an additional 2,630 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 30.1% in the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $181,000 after acquiring an additional 151 shares during the period. Finally, Glenview Trust co increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 12.2% in the 2nd quarter. Glenview Trust co now owns 2,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $762,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Up 0.4%

VBK opened at $329.58 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $227.63 and a 52 week high of $331.02. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $312.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $308.48. The company has a market cap of $22.01 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.16.

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. 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.