Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Raises Position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF $VOT

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) by 8.0% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 38,802 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,862 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned about 0.06% of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF worth $9,986,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 30.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,918,000 after acquiring an additional 2,673 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the first quarter worth about $396,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 10.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 30,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,541,000 after acquiring an additional 2,954 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 92.7% during the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $332,000 after acquiring an additional 561 shares in the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 19.6% in the 2nd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 1,001 shares of the company’s stock valued at $285,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Stock Down 0.9%

VOT stock opened at $299.52 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $296.80 and a 200 day moving average of $282.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.47 billion, a PE ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.15. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $248.23 and a 52 week 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.