Arax Advisory Partners Makes New $11.44 Million Investment in Vanguard Extended Market ETF $VXF

Arax Advisory Partners bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 54,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,443,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VXF. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 101.7% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 973,220 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,738,000 after purchasing an additional 490,632 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,936,464 shares of the company’s stock worth $823,194,000 after purchasing an additional 293,651 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 32.9% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 779,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,036,000 after purchasing an additional 193,176 shares in the last quarter. HCR Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $37,248,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 485.2% during the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 182,975 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,325,000 after purchasing an additional 151,710 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VXF opened at $238.41 on Friday. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a 52-week low of $184.43 and a 52-week high of $240.48. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $226.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $217.99. The company has a market capitalization of $29.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.13.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Extended Market Stock Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s Completion Index (the Index), a diversified index of stocks of small and medium-sized United States companies. The Index contains all of the United States common stocks regularly traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges, and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market, except those stocks included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.