Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) Shares Scheduled to Split on Tuesday, April 21st

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)’s stock is going to split on the morning of Tuesday, April 21st. The 6-1 split was announced on Thursday, March 26th. The newly created shares will be issued to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, April 20th.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VUG stock opened at $456.90 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $194.45 billion, a PE ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.19. Vanguard Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $327.92 and a fifty-two week high of $505.38. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $456.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is $476.01.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Growth ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 46,787.8% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,168,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,985,228,000 after purchasing an additional 8,151,373 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,690,059,000. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 12,542.9% during the third quarter. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC now owns 1,074,650 shares of the company’s stock worth $515,413,000 after purchasing an additional 1,066,150 shares in the last quarter. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $428,175,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.8% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 49,386,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,651,256,000 after purchasing an additional 851,110 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Company 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. The Index represents the growth companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.