Smartleaf Asset Management LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 28.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 8,358 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,862 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $3,462,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VUG. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 10.3% during the third quarter. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,005 shares of the company’s stock valued at $382,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. HM Payson & Co. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.1% during the third quarter. HM Payson & Co. now owns 824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 8,813 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,384,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Campbell Wealth Management bought a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF in the third quarter valued at about $72,989,000. Finally, EMC Capital Management lifted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 194.3% in the third quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 47,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,216,000 after acquiring an additional 31,323 shares during the period.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

VUG stock opened at $405.73 on Friday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $321.29 and a fifty-two week high of $429.11. The business’s 50-day moving average is $417.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is $400.54. The company has a market cap of $393.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.80 and a beta of 1.12.

About Vanguard Growth ETF

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.