Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Reaches New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $313.48 and last traded at $312.5120, with a volume of 53280 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $311.54.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

The business has a 50 day moving average of $302.53 and a 200 day moving average of $295.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Asempa Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $454,000. Stephens Group Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Stephens Group Asset Management LLC now owns 117,855 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,605,000 after purchasing an additional 949 shares during the last quarter. Gladwyn Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Gladwyn Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 35,564 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,744,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares in the last quarter. Gradient Investments LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $200,000. Finally, Agate Pass Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 21.7% during the fourth quarter. Agate Pass Investment Management LLC now owns 1,523 shares of the company’s stock worth $460,000 after purchasing an additional 272 shares during the last quarter.

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.