EP Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases 212,203 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 26.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,020,017 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 212,203 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF comprises about 1.4% of EP Wealth Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. EP Wealth Advisors LLC owned approximately 1.50% of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF worth $373,020,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $162,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares during the period. Fluent Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Fluent Financial LLC now owns 12,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,515,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the period. NBC Securities Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 24.3% during the fourth quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 684 shares of the company’s stock worth $206,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Apexium Financial LP lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.3% in the third quarter. Apexium Financial LP now owns 866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $258,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VBK stock opened at $358.65 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $280.27 and a 52-week high of $367.04. The stock has a market cap of $24.33 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $353.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $335.28.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF 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.