Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Reaches New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $270.34 and last traded at $270.34, with a volume of 33284 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $267.37.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Up 1.8 %

The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $258.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is $253.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.60 and a beta of 1.31.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VBK. American Trust grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 43.0% during the fourth quarter. American Trust now owns 3,853 shares of the company’s stock valued at $932,000 after purchasing an additional 1,158 shares during the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 16,031 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,782,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Pineridge Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 244.5% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 300,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,759,000 after purchasing an additional 213,588 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Creekmur Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $55,000.

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.