Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Grows Stake in Vanguard Extended Market ETF $VXF

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) by 485.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 182,975 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 151,710 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF were worth $38,325,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VXF. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,177 shares of the company’s stock worth $794,000 after buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 45.8% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 7,065 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,217,000 after buying an additional 2,218 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 10.3% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 871 shares of the company’s stock worth $168,000 after buying an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 26.9% during the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $236,000 after buying an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the second quarter worth $98,000.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Extended Market ETF stock opened at $224.60 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $216.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of $214.33. The company has a market capitalization of $28.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.13. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $178.03 and a fifty-two week high of $233.48.

About Vanguard Extended Market ETF

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. The Index contains all of the United States common stocks regularly traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges, and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market, except those stocks included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.