D.A. Davidson & CO. Increases Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 24.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 37,811 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,355 shares during the quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $11,428,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 17,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,372,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 7,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,332,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 486.8% in the 1st quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 24,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,382,000 after acquiring an additional 20,260 shares during the last quarter. AMG National Trust Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 81.1% in the 1st quarter. AMG National Trust Bank now owns 4,782 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,445,000 after acquiring an additional 2,142 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Planning Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.4% in the first quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 3,960 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,197,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of VBK stock opened at $346.16 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $23.49 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.16. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $350.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of $329.12. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $273.57 and a 52-week high of $366.86.

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.