Provident Living Financial Services Inc. Acquires New Stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF $VOT

Provident Living Financial Services Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,109 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $868,000. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF comprises 0.8% of Provident Living Financial Services Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 25th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOT. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 30.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,918,000 after buying an additional 2,673 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $396,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 10.6% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 30,823 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,541,000 after buying an additional 2,954 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 92.7% in the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,166 shares of the company’s stock worth $332,000 after buying an additional 561 shares during the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp grew its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 19.6% in the second quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 1,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $285,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF stock opened at $271.07 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $17.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $213.70 and a 1 year high of $298.66. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $269.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $280.31.

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.