Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Makes New $1.97 Million Investment in Vanguard Communication Services ETF $VOX

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Communication Services ETF (NYSEARCA:VOX) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 10,162 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,968,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VOX. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Communication Services ETF by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 189,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,726,000 after acquiring an additional 5,257 shares during the period. Caprock Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Communication Services ETF during the third quarter valued at $971,000. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Communication Services ETF by 53.8% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 191,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,049,000 after acquiring an additional 66,915 shares during the period. First Financial Corp IN raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Communication Services ETF by 14.1% during the fourth quarter. First Financial Corp IN now owns 23,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,472,000 after purchasing an additional 2,851 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Communication Services ETF during the third quarter valued at about $3,432,000.

Vanguard Communication Services ETF Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA VOX opened at $196.74 on Wednesday. Vanguard Communication Services ETF has a fifty-two week low of $156.90 and a fifty-two week high of $200.77. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $190.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $190.76. The stock has a market cap of $5.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.46 and a beta of 1.06.

About Vanguard Communication Services ETF

Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of telecommunication services stocks. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index. The MSCI US Investable Market Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index includes stocks of the United States companies within the telecommunication services sector. The sector is made up of companies that provide communications services primarily through fixed-line, cellular, wireless, high-bandwidth, and/or fiber-optic cable networks.