Merit Financial Group LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF $VXF

Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) by 4.7% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 35,114 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,569 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF were worth $6,767,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 152.6% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 2,081,104 shares of the company’s stock valued at $358,491,000 after buying an additional 1,257,230 shares during the period. Wealthspire Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 103.0% in the 1st quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 1,583,032 shares of the company’s stock valued at $272,693,000 after acquiring an additional 803,373 shares in the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 13.6% in the 1st quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 1,314,542 shares of the company’s stock valued at $226,443,000 after acquiring an additional 156,870 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,243,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $239,713,000 after acquiring an additional 43,579 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,182,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,685,000 after acquiring an additional 24,472 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VXF opened at $212.10 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $24.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.19. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $204.70 and a two-hundred day moving average of $189.38. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a 1-year low of $146.68 and a 1-year high of $214.27.

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.