Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF $VOT Shares Purchased by Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) by 12.3% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 639,531 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 70,038 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF were worth $156,455,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 2,874,123 shares of the company’s stock worth $729,309,000 after purchasing an additional 119,621 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 4.1% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,382,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $582,851,000 after purchasing an additional 94,406 shares in the last quarter. Truepoint Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.8% during the first quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 1,022,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,256,000 after purchasing an additional 17,742 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 30.8% during the fourth quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 936,468 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,629,000 after purchasing an additional 220,475 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connecticut Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1,821.7% during the fourth quarter. Connecticut Wealth Management LLC now owns 773,562 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,078,000 after purchasing an additional 733,309 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 1.6%

NYSEARCA VOT opened at $288.10 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $17.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.10. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $284.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $265.17. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $209.64 and a 52 week high of $295.50.

About Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Mid Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of medium-size United States companies.