Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Purchases 9,709 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 3.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 326,837 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,709 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. owned approximately 0.48% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $119,525,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 100.8% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,924,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $533,099,000 after purchasing an additional 966,444 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth $234,537,000. Gen Wealth Partners Inc boosted its holdings 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 buying an additional 388,955 shares during the last quarter. Align Financial LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $87,255,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,257,972 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,099,036,000 after buying an additional 268,570 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VBK opened at $344.63 on Wednesday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $280.27 and a 52-week high of $367.04. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $353.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $337.33. The company has a market capitalization of $23.38 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

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.