Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $2.90 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 3.8% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 10,364 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 384 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $2,903,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VBK. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $216,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 125.9% in the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 3,022 shares of the company’s stock valued at $756,000 after buying an additional 1,684 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,701,000 after buying an additional 455 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 29,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,306,000 after buying an additional 1,771 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 176,191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,073,000 after acquiring an additional 1,600 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 1.9 %

VBK opened at $289.85 on Tuesday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $233.00 and a 1-year high of $304.59. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $290.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $272.94. The stock has a market cap of $19.53 billion, a PE ratio of 23.60 and a beta of 1.31.

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.