Covington Investment Advisors Inc. Acquires 73 Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK)

Covington Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) by 1.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,160 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the quarter. Covington Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF were worth $1,725,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,459,084 shares of the company’s stock worth $408,631,000 after purchasing an additional 51,314 shares during the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 6,143.5% in the fourth quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 1,109,409 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,304,000 after buying an additional 1,091,640 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 951,395 shares of the company’s stock valued at $266,448,000 after buying an additional 8,713 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 876,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,326,000 after acquiring an additional 2,508 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 9.2% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 746,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $208,943,000 after acquiring an additional 62,635 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Stock Down 0.9 %

Shares of VBK stock opened at $258.48 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $69.43 billion, a PE ratio of 23.69 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $277.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $278.67. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $233.00 and a 52 week high of $304.59.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a dividend of $0.4013 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF 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.