Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Grows Position in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 6.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 176,504 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,267 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $72,444,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VUG. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Global Trust Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 1,071.4% in the 4th quarter. Global Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 82 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 494.1% in the 3rd quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 101 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Transcendent Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 420.8% in the 3rd quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC now owns 125 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 101 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

VUG stock opened at $424.50 on Thursday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $317.59 and a fifty-two week high of $428.69. The company has a market cap of $146.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.58 and a beta of 1.26. The business’s 50-day moving average is $413.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $390.60.

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.