Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) to Issue $0.50 Quarterly Dividend

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.4993 per share on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 22nd.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Growth ETF stock traded up $6.66 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $488.59. The company had a trading volume of 1,471,340 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,257,281. The firm has a market cap of $198.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.17. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $486.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $464.80. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $316.14 and a 1 year high of $505.38.

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. The Index represents the growth companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.