Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC lowered its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 33.7% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,104 shares of the company’s stock after selling 560 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $309,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,459,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $408,631,000 after buying an additional 51,314 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.2% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 683,432 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,729,000 after buying an additional 8,168 shares during the period. Cohen Klingenstein LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 86.1% in the fourth quarter. Cohen Klingenstein LLC now owns 675,080 shares of the company’s stock valued at $189,063,000 after buying an additional 312,395 shares during the period. Choreo LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 535,846 shares of the company’s stock valued at $150,089,000 after buying an additional 27,977 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $130,665,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VBK opened at $252.40 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $68.73 billion, a PE ratio of 25.51 and a beta of 1.17. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $283.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $278.88. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $233.00 and a 1 year high of $304.59.

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.