Parkside Financial Bank & Trust Increases Holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $VBK

Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 81.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,453 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,347 shares during the quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $2,218,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of VBK stock opened at $327.38 on Friday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $214.77 and a twelve month high of $329.04. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $307.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $298.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17.

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.