Essex Financial Services Inc. Purchases 1,209 Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 7.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 17,207 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,209 shares during the quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $7,063,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 34,615.3% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 5,487,441 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,252,265,000 after acquiring an additional 5,471,634 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,986,268 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,914,378,000 after purchasing an additional 46,171 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,176,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,219,641,000 after purchasing an additional 194,506 shares during the period. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,685,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,030,869,000 after purchasing an additional 21,547 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,847,310 shares of the company’s stock valued at $709,238,000 after buying an additional 14,020 shares during the period.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Up 0.9 %

Vanguard Growth ETF stock opened at $422.73 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $145.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.58 and a beta of 1.26. The business has a fifty day moving average of $418.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $394.23. Vanguard Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $321.29 and a twelve month high of $428.69.

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.