Essex Financial Services Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF $VOT

Essex Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) by 118.8% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 3,439 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,867 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF were worth $960,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,218,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $619,238,000 after purchasing an additional 61,388 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,115,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,827,000 after purchasing an additional 17,141 shares in the last quarter. Truepoint Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 1,042,813 shares of the company’s stock worth $306,368,000 after buying an additional 6,710 shares during the period. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC now owns 984,312 shares of the company’s stock worth $274,761,000 after buying an additional 47,735 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 22.1% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 902,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $251,850,000 after buying an additional 163,438 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 0.9%

VOT opened at $301.46 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $19.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.17. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $278.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $278.64. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $248.23 and a 12 month high of $303.03.

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. The Fund attempts to replicate the target Index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.