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

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $367.04 and last traded at $367.04, with a volume of 64864 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $365.89.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $24.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The company’s 50 day moving average is $352.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $334.52.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Simplex Trading LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. First Bancorp Inc ME bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Birchbrook Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the first quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, Basecamp Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the first quarter valued at $31,000.

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. 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.