Stephens Inc. AR Acquires 4,007 Shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF $VOT

Stephens Inc. AR grew its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) by 16.3% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 28,643 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,007 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF were worth $7,371,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $392,288,000. Busey Bank lifted its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 4,378.8% in the fourth quarter. Busey Bank now owns 240,737 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,199,000 after buying an additional 235,362 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 22.1% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 902,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $251,850,000 after buying an additional 163,438 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 676.3% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 174,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,612,000 after buying an additional 151,715 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sharp Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $28,845,000.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of VOT stock traded down $5.17 on Tuesday, reaching $299.42. The company had a trading volume of 48,322 shares, compared to its average volume of 235,772. The stock has a market cap of $19.25 billion, a PE ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a 50-day moving average of $294.82 and a 200-day moving average of $282.19. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $248.23 and a 12 month high of $309.44.

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.