Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) Reaches New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) shares reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $233.60 and last traded at $233.48, with a volume of 44242 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $228.57.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $29.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.13. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $218.21 and its 200-day moving average is $215.02.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Extended Market ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VXF. Core Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 65.5% during the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 139 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the first quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Triumph Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the third quarter worth $39,000.

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.