Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Reaches New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)’s share price hit a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $282.75 and last traded at $282.75, with a volume of 3039 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $274.19.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $19.15 billion, a PE ratio of 23.60 and a beta of 1.31. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $264.81 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $256.28.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 68.4% in the 3rd quarter. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. now owns 96 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Motco purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $28,000. Eastern Bank purchased a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Webster Bank N. A. raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 142.1% during the second quarter. Webster Bank N. A. now owns 138 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $36,000.

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.