Cerity Partners LLC Purchases 3,970 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 10.5% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 41,687 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,970 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $11,673,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. FMR LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 47,562 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,717,000 after buying an additional 362 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the third quarter worth about $292,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $789,000. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 12.0% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $994,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares during the period. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 81.9% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 151 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Down 4.3 %

VBK opened at $232.46 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $264.33 and a 200-day moving average of $276.90. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $214.77 and a twelve month high of $304.59. The stock has a market cap of $62.44 billion, a PE ratio of 24.89 and a beta of 1.18.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a $0.4013 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

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.