D.B. Root & Company LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG

D.B. Root & Company LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 494.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,188 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,978 shares during the period. D.B. Root & Company LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $619,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. EP Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 539.0% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 23,330,170 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,009,661,000 after buying an additional 19,678,907 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 513.1% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 10,888,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $937,908,000 after acquiring an additional 9,112,231 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 46,787.8% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,168,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,985,228,000 after acquiring an additional 8,151,373 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 14.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 54,648,818 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,870,057,000 after acquiring an additional 6,771,524 shares during the period. Finally, Lincoln National Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 466.3% during the second quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 4,071,643 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,731,000 after acquiring an additional 3,352,590 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VUG opened at $87.50 on Monday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $69.63 and a 52 week high of $90.60. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $86.36 and its two-hundred day moving average is $82.48. The company has a market capitalization of $226.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22.

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. 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.