Covington Investment Advisors Inc. Acquires New Position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF $VXF

Covington Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 51,093 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,580,000. Vanguard Extended Market ETF makes up 1.6% of Covington Investment Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VXF. Core Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $39,000. Finally, Matrix Private Capital Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the 1st quarter worth $41,000.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VXF stock opened at $245.53 on Monday. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a twelve month low of $195.90 and a twelve month high of $250.75. The company has a market cap of $31.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.13. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $241.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $227.66.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF 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.