Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Decreases Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 46.2% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,124 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,823 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $588,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VBK. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,514,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $381,318,000 after purchasing an additional 55,465 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 359.1% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 988,251 shares of the company’s stock valued at $248,811,000 after buying an additional 773,005 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 11.0% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 827,794 shares of the company’s stock worth $208,414,000 after acquiring an additional 81,727 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 802,798 shares of the company’s stock worth $202,121,000 after acquiring an additional 49,282 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cohen Klingenstein LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Cohen Klingenstein LLC now owns 678,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,891,000 after acquiring an additional 3,680 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VBK opened at $302.39 on Monday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a one year low of $214.77 and a one year high of $306.11. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $292.05 and a 200-day moving average price of $272.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.14.

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.