Independence Asset Advisors LLC Makes New Investment in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Independence Asset Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,257 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $682,000. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF accounts for about 0.2% of Independence Asset Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest holding.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in VBK. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 100.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,924,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $533,099,000 after buying an additional 966,444 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $234,537,000. Gen Wealth Partners Inc lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11,209.1% in the 4th quarter. Gen Wealth Partners Inc now owns 392,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,556,000 after acquiring an additional 388,955 shares during the period. Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $87,255,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,257,972 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,099,036,000 after acquiring an additional 268,570 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBK opened at $357.56 on Monday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $273.57 and a 1-year high of $361.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.88 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The business’s 50 day moving average is $345.31 and its 200-day moving average is $324.31.

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.