HighTower Advisors LLC Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

HighTower Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 268,681 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,697 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $98,257,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. One Day In July LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. One Day In July LLC now owns 124,493 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,611,000 after buying an additional 3,393 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 67,096 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,270,000 after purchasing an additional 2,596 shares during the period. Vise Technologies Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $634,000. Northwest Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $633,000. Finally, Wealthspire Retirement LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 14.6% during the first quarter. Wealthspire Retirement LLC now owns 21,769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,580,000 after buying an additional 2,769 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VBK opened at $349.44 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $353.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $338.06. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $280.27 and a twelve month high of $367.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Company 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.