Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. Buys Shares of 4,212 Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 4,212 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,729,000. Vanguard Growth ETF comprises about 1.7% of Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 18th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 34,615.3% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 5,487,441 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,252,265,000 after purchasing an additional 5,471,634 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 26.5% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,231,708 shares of the company’s stock worth $462,056,000 after purchasing an additional 257,784 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 6.5% in the third 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 last quarter. Campbell Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF during the third quarter valued at about $72,989,000. Finally, Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 24.9% during the third quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 897,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $344,569,000 after buying an additional 178,659 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Down 1.0 %

VUG opened at $418.82 on Monday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $321.29 and a 12 month high of $428.69. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $418.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $394.01. The company has a market cap of $144.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.58 and a beta of 1.26.

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.