Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Hits New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $359.11 and last traded at $358.56, with a volume of 20470 shares. The stock had previously closed at $356.54.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $23.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $343.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $323.25.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Simplex Trading LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Birchbrook Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. Bollard Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $39,000.

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.