Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. Acquires 8,381 Shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF)

Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) by 63.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 21,560 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,381 shares during the quarter. Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C.’s holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF were worth $4,096,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 2,938.0% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,600,254 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,230,000 after buying an additional 1,547,579 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,149,597 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,402,000 after acquiring an additional 16,043 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 8.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 943,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,164,000 after purchasing an additional 76,633 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 27.4% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 931,632 shares of the company’s stock worth $176,991,000 after purchasing an additional 200,455 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthspire Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 779,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $148,120,000 after purchasing an additional 17,871 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VXF opened at $178.71 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $105.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.01 and a beta of 1.25. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $190.02 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $190.24. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a one year low of $159.39 and a one year high of $207.77.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be paid a $0.6125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th. This is an increase from Vanguard Extended Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.55.

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.