Bleakley Financial Group LLC Acquires 521 Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 2.5% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 21,491 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 521 shares during the quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $8,821,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VUG. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 26.5% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,231,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $462,056,000 after acquiring an additional 257,784 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 6.5% in the third quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,176,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,219,641,000 after purchasing an additional 194,506 shares during the period. Campbell Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the third quarter worth $72,989,000. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 24.9% during the 3rd quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 897,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $344,569,000 after purchasing an additional 178,659 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 11.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,680,340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $645,133,000 after buying an additional 178,595 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF stock opened at $420.33 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $417.20 and a 200 day moving average of $393.20. The company has a market capitalization of $144.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.58 and a beta of 1.26. Vanguard Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $321.29 and a fifty-two week high of $428.69.

Vanguard Growth ETF Profile

Vanguard Growth Index Fund, formerly Vanguard Growth ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of large United States companies.