Valmark Advisers Inc. Increases Position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF $VXF

Valmark Advisers Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF – Free Report) by 4.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 140,926 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,497 shares during the quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF were worth $29,470,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VXF. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,177 shares of the company’s stock valued at $794,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 45.8% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 7,065 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,217,000 after purchasing an additional 2,218 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 10.3% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 871 shares of the company’s stock worth $168,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 26.9% during the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $236,000 after purchasing an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the second quarter worth about $98,000.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Stock Up 1.0%

NYSEARCA VXF opened at $220.10 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.14. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a 52-week low of $156.39 and a 52-week high of $223.64. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $211.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $212.03.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Company Profile

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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.

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