Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG Shares Sold by CENTRAL TRUST Co

CENTRAL TRUST Co trimmed its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 4.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 229,974 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,325 shares during the period. Vanguard Growth ETF accounts for 2.0% of CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest position. CENTRAL TRUST Co owned about 0.05% of Vanguard Growth ETF worth $100,450,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VUG. Valpey Financial Services LLC increased its stake in shares of 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 in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,690,059,000. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $428,175,000. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 47,877,294 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,357,417,000 after buying an additional 789,696 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 189.8% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 334,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,375,000 after buying an additional 706,311 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Down 0.9%

NYSEARCA:VUG opened at $83.05 on Friday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $69.63 and a 12 month high of $90.60. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $85.75 and a two-hundred day moving average of $80.96. The firm has a market cap of $35.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22.

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. 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.