Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) Sets New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $223.64 and last traded at $223.0930, with a volume of 94178 shares. The stock had previously closed at $221.09.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $26.67 billion, a PE ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.18. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $211.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $207.66.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 3,409,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $713,784,000 after purchasing an additional 126,083 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,933,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $565,314,000 after purchasing an additional 197,672 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,729,394 shares of the company’s stock valued at $362,031,000 after purchasing an additional 23,354 shares during the period. Wealthspire Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 2.9% during the second quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 1,628,860 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,897,000 after buying an additional 45,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,293,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $270,756,000 after buying an additional 20,037 shares during the period.

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. 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.