Empower Advisory Group LLC Purchases 732 Shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOOG)

Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOOG) by 119.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,347 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 732 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF were worth $493,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOOG. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 87.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 73 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF in the third quarter valued at about $41,000. Spire Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 76.3% in the fourth quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 134 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $50,000. Finally, MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF in the third quarter worth about $73,000.

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VOOG stock opened at $384.99 on Thursday. Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $285.24 and a 1 year high of $386.44. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $375.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $355.87. The company has a market cap of $13.02 billion, a PE ratio of 28.04 and a beta of 1.13.

About Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of U.S. large-cap growth stocks VOOG was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.