Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK Shares Bought by Mechanics Bank Trust Department

Mechanics Bank Trust Department grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 5.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 40,282 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,153 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF accounts for 1.6% of Mechanics Bank Trust Department’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Mechanics Bank Trust Department owned 0.06% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $12,170,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VBK. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 100.8% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,924,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $533,099,000 after acquiring an additional 966,444 shares in the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 5,905.2% during the second quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 307,165 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,066,000 after purchasing an additional 302,050 shares in the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 63.9% during the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 314,935 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,717,000 after purchasing an additional 122,801 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.0% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,953,009 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,756,386,000 after purchasing an additional 97,104 shares during the period. Finally, Congress Asset Management Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 175.1% in the fourth quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 111,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,780,000 after purchasing an additional 71,162 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 2.1%

Shares of VBK opened at $294.89 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $314.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $307.30. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $214.77 and a twelve month high of $329.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.17 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.