Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC Increases Holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 4.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 4,683 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 191 shares during the period. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $1,922,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. M&T Bank Corp lifted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 55.0% during the third quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 106,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,006,000 after purchasing an additional 37,920 shares during the last quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 3.0% in the third quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 153,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,948,000 after purchasing an additional 4,536 shares during the period. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 11,033 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,236,000 after buying an additional 224 shares in the last quarter. Wealthquest Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter. Wealthquest Corp now owns 3,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,138,000 after buying an additional 211 shares during the period. Finally, Tudor Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $887,000.

Vanguard Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VUG stock opened at $362.26 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $359.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.17 and a beta of 1.19. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $386.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $399.72. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $316.14 and a 1 year high of $429.11.

Vanguard Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Growth ETF’s previous dividend of $0.46. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 27th.

Vanguard Growth ETF Company 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.