Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Purchased by Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 32.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 302,816 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 74,586 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. owned approximately 0.44% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $91,484,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 131.2% during the 4th quarter. Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. now owns 2,277 shares of the company’s stock worth $698,000 after purchasing an additional 1,292 shares in the last quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,017,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. IFG Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 8.3% during the 4th quarter. IFG Advisory LLC now owns 2,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares during the last quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 1,684 shares of the company’s stock worth $508,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kingsview Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,518 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,271,000 after buying an additional 243 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VBK opened at $355.58 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $23.75 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $327.95 and a 200-day simple moving average of $316.44. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $260.12 and a 1-year high of $356.00.

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. 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.