Geneos Wealth Management Inc. Purchases 10,602 Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG

Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 26.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 50,831 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,602 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $22,284,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VUG. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,945,000 after buying an additional 870 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 178,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,254,000 after acquiring an additional 9,412 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 51.1% in the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $804,000 after acquiring an additional 733 shares during the last quarter. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 20.1% in the first quarter. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. now owns 645 shares of the company’s stock worth $239,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $3,728,000.

Vanguard Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VUG stock opened at $485.26 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $196.98 billion, a PE ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $316.14 and a 1 year high of $505.38. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $486.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $462.73.

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.