CENTRAL TRUST Co Purchases 3,560 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

CENTRAL TRUST Co lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 25.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 17,309 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,560 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $5,151,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cerity Partners LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.5% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 38,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,521,000 after purchasing an additional 2,709 shares during the period. Mechanics Bank Trust Department raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 22.2% in the third quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 38,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,348,000 after purchasing an additional 6,939 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 115.8% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 9,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,880,000 after buying an additional 5,192 shares during the last quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $5,436,000. Finally, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 62.6% during the 2nd quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 1,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $432,000 after buying an additional 602 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VBK opened at $315.07 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $21.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $214.77 and a 52 week high of $329.04. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $313.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $302.12.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

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.