MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB Decreases Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB reduced its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 30,953 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,668 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $9,212,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,125,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $273,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 62,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,775,000 after acquiring an additional 2,630 shares in the last quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% in the first quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $629,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Alpha LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.1% during the first quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 21,234 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,346,000 after purchasing an additional 1,405 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 2.0%

NYSEARCA VBK opened at $317.68 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $21.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $301.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is $294.76. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $214.77 and a 52 week high of $317.74.

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.