Kestra Advisory Services LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF $VOT

Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) by 8.3% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 155,125 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,870 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF were worth $39,921,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VOT. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,972,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $829,650,000 after buying an additional 43,368 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 61,388 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,615,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $450,893,000 after acquiring an additional 40,251 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $392,288,000. Finally, Truepoint Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 1,068,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $298,282,000 after acquiring an additional 25,761 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

VOT traded down $1.21 on Friday, reaching $302.26. 161,170 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 235,221. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $296.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $282.75. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $248.23 and a fifty-two week high of $309.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.64 billion, a PE ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.15.

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.