Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOG) Reaches New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOG) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $147.53 and last traded at $147.13, with a volume of 4795 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $144.10.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $988.45 million, a P/E ratio of 19.94 and a beta of 1.06. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $138.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $130.58.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VIOG. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 4.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 52,272 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,587,000 after acquiring an additional 2,272 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 1,700.0% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 576 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 544 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 21,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,471,000 after buying an additional 119 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $84,000. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 9,186 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,051,000 after buying an additional 550 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (VIOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 Growth index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap companies characterized by strong growth factors. VIOG was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.