Financial Counselors Inc. Has $2.64 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Financial Counselors Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 1.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 9,434 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the quarter. Financial Counselors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $2,642,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VBK. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,459,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $408,631,000 after purchasing an additional 51,314 shares in the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6,143.5% during the 4th quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 1,109,409 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,304,000 after buying an additional 1,091,640 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 951,395 shares of the company’s stock worth $266,448,000 after buying an additional 8,713 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 876,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,326,000 after purchasing an additional 2,508 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 9.2% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 746,067 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,943,000 after buying an additional 62,635 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

VBK stock opened at $258.48 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $233.00 and a fifty-two week high of $304.59. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $277.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $278.67. The company has a market cap of $69.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.69 and a beta of 1.20.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a $0.4013 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 27th.

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.